Cash Transfers
Universal Family Grant (Bono Universal Familiar)
Date announced
4/26/2020
Start date
5/20/2020
End date
9/30/2021
Date of last update
5/23/2022
Description
Grant to households affected by decreased income due to the COVID-19 health emergency.
Official Sources
Ministerio del Trabajo (07-20-21) 'Decreto de Urgencia N°068-2021' [https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/2027130/DU068_2021.pdf.pdf]
El Peruano (05-05-20). 'Decreto de Urgencia N°052-2020 del 5 de mayo de 2020'. [https://busquedas.elperuano.pe/download/url/decreto-de-urgencia-que-establece-medidas-extraordinarias-pa-decreto-de-urgencia-n-052-2020-1866033-1].
Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo (07-24-20). 'Resolución Ministerial N° 139-2020-TR' [https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/1039457/RM_139-2020-TR.pdf]
El Peruano (08-04-20). 'Decreto Supremo Nº 214-2020-EF del 3 de agosto de 2020'. [https://busquedas.elperuano.pe/download/url/autorizan-transferencia-de-partidas-en-el-presupuesto-del-se-decreto-supremo-n-214-2020-ef-1875101-2].
Gobierno del Perú (08-15-20) '¿En qué se diferencian el tramo 2 del bono Familiar Universal y el segundo bono Familiar Universal?' [https://www.gob.pe/institucion/midis/noticias/294029-en-que-se-diferencian-el-tramo-2-del-bono-familiar-universal-y-el-segundo-bono-familiar-universal]
Presidencia de la República (08-20-20) 'Decreto de Urgencia N°098-2020' [https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/1252444/DU098_2020.pdf]
Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (08-21-20). 'Ministra Donayre: “El pago de los bonos registra un avance de más del 90 por ciento”'. [https://www.gob.pe/institucion/midis/noticias/295146-ministra-donayre-el-pago-de-los-bonos-registra-un-avance-de-mas-del-90-por-ciento]
Gobierno de Perú (07-25-20). 'MIDIS: Más de 687 mil hogares rurales recibirán S/760 en segundo tramo del bono familiar universal'. [https://www.gob.pe/institucion/midis/noticias/216008-midis-mas-de-687-mil-hogares-rurales-recibiran-subsidio-de-s-760-en-segundo-tramo-del-bono-familiar-universal]
Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (06-25-20). 'Alrededor de 5.3 millones de hogares ya cobraron el bono de S/ 760.[https://www.gob.pe/institucion/munijepelacio/noticias/188981-alrededor-de-5-3-millones-de-hogares-ya-cobraron-el-bono-de-s-760]
Characteristics of the measure
Type of measure
Cash transfer (1)
Sphere
Income protection (1)
Target population
Intended for households in a situation of vulnerability with income below PEN $3,000, households that participate in the National Programme of Direct Support to the Poorest (JUNTOS), households that have a member who receives of the “Pension 65” or “CONTIGO” programme. Additionally, households that are not registered in the Software Application for the Centralized Register of Public Sector Payrolls and Employee Data (AIRHSP). (1) (7)
Informed coverage
First cohort registration list: 3,150,940 households (including 743,702 households that are users of the Juntos, Pensión 65 and Contigo programs). Second cohort registration list: 2,500,000 households.
08-15-20: A total of 8.5 million households, determined based on the National Household Registry, will soon receive the Second Universal Family Grant.
Delivery method
Transfer to bank account
Frequency / duration
Twice.
07-20-21: The Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion will take the necessary actions in order to give the Universal Grants to those households pending payment.
08-15-20-20: The State also prepares the next delivery of the Second Universal Family Grants announced on July 28.
Place of delivery
Banks or cashiers
Recipient Registration System
Para el primer padrón se utilizó el Sistema de Focalización de Hogares (SISFOH).
Para el segundo padrón se utilizó el Registro Nacional de Identidad y Estado Civil (Reniec) y Sistema de Focalización de Hogares (SISFOH)
-Innovación: el Gobierno ha creado el Registro Nacional para Medidas Covid-19 en el Marco de la Emergencia Sanitaria.
Legal Framework
Emergency Decree No. 052-2020 of May 5, 2020
Ministerial Resolution N° 139-2020-TR of July 3, 2020
Supreme Decree No. 214-2020-EF of August 3, 2020.
Urgency Decree No. 098-2020 of August 20, 2020
Urgency Decree No. 068-2021 of June 20, 2021
Responsible Institution
Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion
(Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social - MIDIS)
Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion
(Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo - MTPE)