“By the end of next week, the platform will be ready for this. shopping card“, – said the Minister of Development and Investments, Adonis Georgiadis, on the air of the SKAI TV channel.

“From the moment the platform opens, you will be able to use the card. 8,500,000 citizens are eligible for this benefit. We will not leave any grandparents whom we love and respect without the opportunity to receive the money due to them,” Mr. Georgiadis added, emphasizing: “The market pass, like the basket, is copied by other Europeans. . Tomorrow I have a multi-member delegation from another country at the Ministry of Development to explain to them how we made the law on speculation, how we made the basket and how it works, explain to them the market pass.”

The minister also reminded that Lenten and Easter baskets are being prepared. “By Wednesday, we will announce 9 additional categories that will be permanently included in the household basket. Everything that people asked for will go into the basket. The basket of 51 categories that we currently have will increase to 60. In this way, we will be able to meet the needs of consumers who have asked for it, as well as put them in the protection perimeter. From the beginning of Lent, we will have a Lenten basket, and as soon as we enter Holy Week, we will have an Easter basket,” he said.

“64% of consumers buy and search for items in their home shopping cart. The household basket has gained a very large share of the everyday market in supermarkets. Because whoever buys from the cart makes money. The basket kept many industries away from new promotions for fear of losing customers and encouraged them to make many new offerings. If you add the shopping cart and the shopping card together, the monthly shopping benefit will be more than 100 euros,” he said.

Market Pass: aid amount

As a reminder, the support amount for the trading card starts at 22 euros per month for single-person households, with an increase of 10 euros for each additional family member and a maximum support limit per month of 100 euros.

OUR digital shopping card Can be used in food retail stores, especially grocery stores, supermarkets, butchers, candy stores, dairy stores, bakeries and various food stores. The digital debit card remains activated until 08/31/2023, after which the credit or financial institution must immediately deactivate it. Those who choose to deposit aid into their bank account will receive two quarterly payments, but the amount of aid will be reduced by 20% compared to the digital wallet. But the money can be used anywhere and as the beneficiary wants.

Those who apply from March 1 to March 15 will receive first aid until the 20th day of the month.

Special application for market pass will be on the Government’s digital portal gov.gr. The recipient chooses a digital trading card or crediting money to their bank account. The application is accessed using Taxisnet codes followed by a data update (mobile phone, email) and a choice of credit to a bank account or digital debit card. The procedures for issuing a digital card and crediting funds to a bank account can also be carried out through the CEP.

For those who apply for assistance by issuing a digital debit card before February 28, assistance for February and March 2023 is sent to a banking institution for crediting to a digital debit card until March 3. For applications before March 15, February and March are paid until March 20. For all beneficiaries who applied for assistance by issuing a digital debit card, assistance for April, May, June and July 2023 is sent to a banking institution for crediting to a digital debit card within the first three business days of each month.

For those who decide to deposit the amount into a bank account, those who apply before February 28 will receive payments for the February-April quarter by March 3, and those who apply by March 15 will receive a triple contribution until March 20. For applications from March 1 to March 15, aid for February, March and April 2023 is sent to a banking institution for payment by March 20, 2023. Aid for May, June and July 2023 is sent to a banking institution for payment by May 3.