Beneficiaries of the PRM, are also entitled to the RBC program, so in total will receive 130 Mumbucas.īeginning last year, the Basic Income program was extended to all citizens having initially been distributed to 14,000 families, or about a third of the population. The PRM, which is aimed at poor families with a household monthly income of up to three minimum wages, will increase from 85 to 110 Mumbucas (R$ 110). The value of the RBC payment will increase from 10 to 20 Mumbucas (R$ 20). The combined increases, which were approved unanimously on June 19, means recipients of the Minimum Income (PRM), will be entitled to at least 130 Mumbucas per month beginning in July - equivalent to roughly US$ 41. The municipality of Maricá sent the city council proposals for the readjustment and increase of both its Basic Income (RBC) and Minimum Income (Programa Renda Mínima or PRM) programs. The initial value of the payment was ten Mumbucas per month equivalent to R$ 10 or approximately US$ 3. A virtual social currency, created to pay welfare under Quaqua, called the Mumbuca, is used to distribute the payments to citizens. Quaqua and Horta are both members of the left-wing workers party, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), that currently controls the municipal government of Maricá. The program, which was initially introduced in 2015 by former mayor Washington Quaqua, has been expanded under his successor Fabiano Horta. The city of Maricá, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, has voted on changes to their basic income program, Renda Básica de Cidadania (RBC). Maricá, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 19th June 2017 Mumbuca Card – Photo by Michel Monteiro Maricá approves changes in basic income program