March Hunger and Poverty Line Announced

Turkey has recently with economic troubles It’s a well-known fact. The price hikes, which are reflected in many different sectors and do not stop, cause the citizens to go through difficult times. In addition, the depreciation of the Turkish lira also causes these difficulties.

As it is known, the minimum wage was increased to 4,250 TL in the last month of 2021 due to high inflation. However, the update of the monthly hunger and poverty lines with the new year revealed that this wage did not make a big difference. Now, for the month of March we left behind, hunger and poverty The results of the research were announced.

Hunger limit increased to 4,453 TL, poverty line increased to 15,405 TL

Metal-İş Union Research Center (BİSAM) has published the results of its hunger and poverty survey for the month of March. As a result of the research, the amount of expenditure required for a healthy and adequate nutrition for a family of four; well hunger limit is 4,453 TL turned out to be. This showed that the hunger limit was around 200 liras higher than the minimum wage.

In addition to this, it covers all other expenses (education, rent, heating, etc.) of the household as well as food expenditures. If the poverty line 15 thousand 405 TL is; In other words, it was observed in the research that the minimum wage was almost four times.

This is in Turkey more than 10 million citizens at minimum wage.When it is considered that more than 3 million people work for wages below the minimum wage, it reveals the difficulties experienced by people.

BİSAM also found that the highest cost group had a spending requirement of 46.95 liras in March 2022. milk and milk products reported that. In addition, it was emphasized in the statements made that the minimum expenditure amount in the meat, chicken and fish group is 31.03 TL, and the daily expenditure required for bread is 11.64 TL.