Seoul Economic Daily
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said on the 4th that 34 counties applied for next year’s rural basic income pilot program.
The call for applications covered 52 counties, drawn from the 69 counties nationwide designated as population-declining areas, excluding the 17 that already take part in the program. The application rate was 65.4%. Against the 18 counties expected to be newly selected, that works out to 1.9 applicants per slot.
South Jeolla Province and Gwangju together accounted for the most applicants with 12 counties, followed by Gangwon State with seven, South Chungcheong Province with four, North Chungcheong Province and Jeonbuk State with three each, and Incheon with two. Gyeonggi Province, North Gyeongsang Province and South Gyeongsang Province each had one applicant county. No county in Daegu took part. Of the applicants, 24 counties have entered all three rounds of the program’s calls for applications held since last year.
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