$57 million has been paid out to 318,234 Fijians as part of the Government's $180 Inflation Mitigation Assistance so far.
Permanent Secretary for Economy, Shiri Gounder says this includes parents of 206,365 students below Year 13, around 12,895 tertiary students, 86,198 social welfare recipients, 5,737 Aftercare beneficiaries and 1,451 pensioners.
Gounder says most of the eligible applications have been paid out by now.
