Serbia Passes Aid Law: 6,000 to 35,000 Dinars
Parliament passed the one-time aid law: pensioners get 20,000 to 35,000 dinars based on their pension, other adults receive 6,000 dinars, with applications open September 7 to 21.
Serbia’s National Assembly passed a law on August 31, 2026, that sets one-time cash payments to citizens at 6,000 to 35,000 dinars, turning figures that had until then circulated only as an announcement into a binding rule with a fixed application deadline.
The law’s full title is the Law on Mitigating the Effects of the Energy Crisis and Rising Cost of Living for Certain Categories of the Population Through One-Time Financial Support and a One-Time Cash Benefit for Certain Categories of the Population, as well as a One-Time Cash Benefit for Adult Citizens. Lawmakers cited the need to soften the impact of the energy crisis and rising living costs as the reason for passing it.
Amounts depend on pension and status
The law sorts recipients into six categories, based on the pension paid out in August 2026 or on a status the recipient already holds with the relevant agency:
- pensioners whose August pension was up to 31,092.11 dinars: 35,000 dinars
- pensioners with a pension between 31,092.12 and 56,822 dinars: 27,500 dinars
- pensioners with a pension above 56,822 dinars: 20,000 dinars
- recipients of child allowance, holders of cash social assistance, and recipients of veterans’ allowance: 25,000 dinars
- war veterans who do not receive the veterans’ allowance: 10,000 dinars
- all other adult citizens who do not qualify as rights holders under any of the categories above: 6,000 dinars
For pensioners, the pension amount paid in August 2026 is the only criterion, with no additional conditions attached.
Who has to apply
Most of the payments go out automatically, to recipients whose status is already on record with the relevant institutions. Only citizens who do not qualify as rights holders under any other category, and who are seeking the base amount of 6,000 dinars, need to apply themselves. Applications are submitted electronically through the Treasury Administration’s portal between September 7 and 21. The Ministry of Finance then handles the payout through the Treasury Administration.
From announcement to law
Srpske Novine reported on these figures earlier, in an article titled “September Payouts: Pension, Then 35,000, Then 6,000 Dinars,” when the numbers were known only from an official announcement and the law had not yet passed parliament. With the August 31 vote, those figures stop being an announcement and become the basis for payment, with a firm application deadline that did not exist before.
The Ministry of Finance has not yet announced an exact start date for the payouts, nor whether pensioners and social assistance recipients will receive the money in one installment or several. The Treasury Administration’s portal for applicants without existing rights-holder status opens on September 7.
