INSS secures R$ 224 million from the government to maintain agencies and avoid service interruptions.

BRASILIA - The Civil House and the Ministry of Finance have authorized the release of R$ 217 million to the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) to ensure the continuity of essential services such as security, cleaning and surveillance of the agencies, as well as the maintenance of channel 135 (call center for scheduling and obtaining information about benefits).

The authorization was granted this Thursday, the 6th, following a request submitted by the Ministry of Social Security (MPS), which seeks to avoid interruption in INSS services to the population.

In addition to the release by the Civil House and the Treasury, the Ministry of Social Security itself will release another R$ 7 million from its own budget for the Benefits Management Program (PGB), an initiative created to accelerate the analysis of social security and welfare benefits, with the aim of reducing the waiting list. The purpose of this allocation is to fund the payment of bonuses to civil servants participating in the PGB.

With this, the total released by the three ministries to the INSS amounts to R$ 224 million.

Bonus program suspended

In mid-October, the INSS (Brazilian National Social Security Institute) decided to temporarily suspend the program that had been used as the main strategy to accelerate the analysis of benefits such as retirements, pensions, and allowances.

In an official statement signed by the president of INSS, Gilberto Waller Junior, he stated that the PGB was halted due to budgetary reasons.

In the text, Waller requested the reallocation of R$ 89.1 million from the ministry's budget to continue the program, which was resumed in April 2025. This requested reallocation has not yet been made.

The PGB provides for extraordinary payments to professionals - R$ 68 for INSS employees and R$ 75 for federal medical experts - for each completed case. The program lasts 12 months, with the possibility of a single extension, but not beyond December 2026.