Mali: 6,000 Dinars Land From Sept. 22, Sign-Ups Open Sept. 7
The finance minister announced that applications for the one-time 6,000-dinar payment open on September 7, with payouts through the Share Fund running from September 22 to 25.
Applications for the one-time state payment of 6,000 dinars open on September 7 through the Treasury Administration’s website, First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said Thursday evening. The payout date depends on whether a citizen is already registered with the Share Fund, and it is on that point that the sources reporting the minister’s remarks diverge.
Speaking on Pink TV, Mali said:
“From that fund, we will pay 6,000 dinars to the citizens who are entitled to it, in the period from September 22 to 25. Other citizens who are not entitled to a payout from the Share Fund will receive 6,000 dinars directly from the budget.”
A Disputed Date for Part of the Public
The quote indicates that the September 22 to 25 window applies to recipients through the Share Fund. For everyone else, the minister did not give an exact date in that same statement, only that the money would come straight from the budget. The Tanjug news agency wrote in the opening paragraph of its report that the Share Fund payout would run “from September 22 to 27,” which contradicts the same minister’s quote carried in the very same article. N1 and una.rs, on the other hand, both report a single window, September 22 to 25, for all citizens, without distinguishing between money paid through the fund and money paid directly from the budget.
September 27 is therefore an unreconciled figure: it appears in only one place, in a reporter’s paraphrase, and it conflicts with the minister’s own words quoted in that same piece. According to every source that has been checked, both the fund payout and the direct budget payout fall in the same window, September 22 to 25.
Who Needs to Apply
Every adult Serbian citizen with residence in the country and a valid ID card is eligible for the payment. Citizens already registered with the Share Fund do not need to do anything else, the money is deposited into their account automatically. Mali explained this in a video message on Instagram on August 20, when he first announced the whole measure:
“If you are registered with the Share Fund, you do not need to apply separately, the 6,000 dinars will be paid into your account automatically.”
Those not registered with the Share Fund must apply through the Treasury Administration, where they can also check their status. According to the minister, the process does not require any special documentation:
“If you are not registered with the Share Fund, then you need to apply, and the application process is very simple. You need a valid ID card, residence in Serbia, to be of legal age and to be a citizen of Serbia.”
Do Pensioners Need to Apply?
No. Pensioners and recipients of social assistance do not need to apply, the state registers them automatically. Payouts for every category go through the Postal Savings Bank, the bank the state traditionally uses for one-time transfers of this kind.
A Third Round of Aid Since 2020
During his appearance on Pink TV, Mali noted that the state has paid out this kind of aid periodically for several years already:
“Let me remind you, we have done this many times before. The payment was 100 euros in 2020, in 2021 we paid out 20, 30, 50 euros again, every time we had a surplus in the budget, we did the same thing.”
Unlike those earlier one-off payments, the Share Fund is a more permanent mechanism that part of the population is already registered with from previous rounds, while the rest of the population is still recorded directly through the budget. That is the source of the difference in the application process, even though the amount itself, 6,000 dinars, is the same for both groups.
Two days before his Pink TV appearance, on August 22, Mali also laid out the bigger picture of the package: the total value of the aid to citizens comes to 980.6 million dinars, with payouts starting on September 14 and 22. The 6,000-dinar payment is one of the measures within that package.
Srpske novine previously reported on who does and does not need to apply for the 6,000-dinar aid, when the exact payout dates were still unknown. The start of applications, September 7, and the window in which the money lands in accounts, September 22 to 25 for citizens registered with the Share Fund, are now known. For the rest of the public, who receive the money directly from the budget, an official and consistent payout date has not yet been confirmed by any source that gives an exact window.
