The 460-euro shopping and gas card needs to be activated urgently in order to prevent the contribution margin from being lost.

There are only a few days left to activate the “custom card 2024 for you” for the purchase of basic foodstuffs and fuel. The deadline for the first payment with the card introduced by the Meloni government has been determined as Wednesday, January 31, otherwise you will lose the opportunity to use the economic contribution. The card allows you to have a fund of 382.50 euros until March 15, 2024, to which a bonus of 77.20 euros will be added. Calculator in hand, that gets you €459.70: the amount is paid electronically to every eligible household. payment card.

The government’s initiative to support families in economic difficulties was supposed to end last September, but its validity period was extended, allowing those who could not make the first payment required for activation by the end of the month (January 2024). The loan is for families with an ISEE of 15 thousand euros or less. You do not need to make a new application to receive the additional contribution.

What can you buy? This amount is intended for the purchase of basic foodstuffs and fuel, as well as season tickets for local public transport as an alternative to the latter. “Special card for you” holders will have to use their entire amount by March 15, 2024 at the latest. The card can be collected from all post offices by presenting a letter containing the match, obtained from the municipality where you reside. Combining the beneficiary’s tax code with the code of the assigned card.

Who is excluded? Contributions are not payable to households receiving citizenship income, participation or any other social inclusion measure or poverty support, mobility grants, solidarity funds for income integration, redundancies and any State-provided wages or involuntary unemployment support.