Monthly Wallet Top-Ups for Government Employees Begin; Who Is Eligible?

Part of government employees' welfare aid is set to be paid through the "Iran Wallet" as a pilot program nears launch. With technical infrastructure in place and two ministries declaring readiness, the plan has entered a new phase, and its minimum monthly top-up amount has been set in a government resolution.

The payment of part of the welfare assistance of the government employees through the "Iran Wallet" is on the threshold of a trial implementation; The project has entered a new stage with the provision of technical infrastructure and the announcement of the readiness of the two ministries, and the minimum monthly charge has been determined by the government.

Ambassador Arjan-Economic Group: The trial implementation of the payment of part of the welfare assistance of government employees through the "Iran Wallet" is about to begin. Ali Akbar Haddadi Harandi, the head of administrative affairs of the national administrative and employment organization, announced that the technical infrastructure of the Central Bank has been prepared and the two ministries of communications and the country have also announced their readiness to implement this plan.

This plan is implemented within the framework of the Cabinet of Ministers resolution, according to which executive bodies are required to pay a part of their employees' welfare benefits through Iran's wallet.

According to the previous resolution of the Council of Ministers, the minimum amount of monthly charging of Iran's wallet for the payment of welfare assistance to government employees has been set at one million Tomans.

However, announcing the beginning of the trial payment does not mean the definite and simultaneous payment of this amount to all government employees. The details of the final implementation time, the institutions involved and how to pay the employees should be determined based on the official announcements of the responsible institutions.

Iran wallet is a payment tool based on command codes, which can be used by dialing the code *98#.

According to the announced explanations, through this system, users can view the balance of their wallet, charge it, transfer money and make purchases from the stores of the contract party.

One of the features announced for the Iranian wallet is the possibility of accessing its services through a command code; A feature that can provide the possibility of using some payment services even in the condition of internet disruption.

Based on the description provided, this tool is designed with the aim of creating an alternative path to perform some transactions. Of course, the availability of any service depends on the performance of the system and backup networks in the event of a network disruption or a problem in the banking infrastructure.

The Director General of Payment Systems of the Central Bank announced the presentation of "Iran Wallet" as a complementary tool of the payment network; A service that provides the possibility of transferring funds up to 5 million tomans with only a mobile phone number, and if the users are satisfied, it will also be used to pay part of the salaries, benefits and subsidies.

The bill to amend Article 106 of the Civil Service Management Law with the aim of reducing the salary drop of employees after retirement is being considered in the parliament; At the same time, the government pursues plans to organize corporate forces, reduce the profits of intermediary companies and pay their salaries directly; The details of these programs were explained by the spokesperson of the administrative and employment organization.

The administrative and employment organization of the country has emphasized on the purposeful use of executive bodies with the capacity of at least 2 days of remote work per week; A plan that is supposed to be implemented by accurately determining tasks, expected output, evaluating employee performance and relating the amount of reward to work results.