Over the course of one month, all 2,000 applications for inclusion in the social registry were unjustifiably rejected in 184 makhallas (local neighborhood communities) across Uzbekistan. As a result, families in need were left unable to receive social assistance or enroll their children in kindergartens and after-school clubs, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at a video conference meeting on July 16.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev criticized cases of unjustified refusal to add citizens to the registry, as well as instances in which people were artificially struck from it.
Such violations were found to be especially widespread in the Bustan, Oltinko'l, Khavast, Toshloq, Sharof Rashidov, Uchkuduk, and Dehqonobod districts.
According to the president, the number of applications for inclusion in the social registry has grown 1.5-fold since the start of the year, rising from 30,000 to 46,000.
The Prosecutor General's Office has been instructed to establish strict oversight of how the registry is maintained. Shahnoza Mirziyoyeva, First Deputy Director of the National Agency for Social Protection, has been ordered to report to the president regularly on the accuracy of the data it holds.
25 More Social Services to Be Handed Over to the Makhallas
By the end of the year, 25 types of services are set to be transferred to the makhalla level. These include early detection of disabilities, adapting housing to the needs of people with disabilities, and placing citizens in social housing.
Within three months, day-care and home-care services will be set up in 250 makhallas, along with "Madad" support homes for people with dementia and intellectual disabilities.
The "Active Life" program for elderly people who need outside care will be launched in 75 makhallas. Support centers will also open for children left without supervision or who have experienced violence.
Body Cameras for Inspectors to Be Rolled Out in 448 Makhallas
The meeting also addressed crime prevention. Of the 1,162 makhallas classified as having a difficult crime situation, 571 have not recorded a single crime so far this year.
The president said this had been achieved through installing video cameras, creating safer streets and alleyways, addressing residents' concerns using scientific approaches, and providing psychological support to families.
A unified crime-prevention methodology will be developed based on the experience of makhallas that have achieved strong results. Over the coming year, it will be used to train prevention inspectors from makhallas in the "red" and "yellow" risk categories.
The experience of the Namangan province drew particular praise: inspectors there have been issued body cameras integrated with tablets. The system can automatically identify citizens, draw up administrative reports, and forward case materials to court.
As a result, the workload on inspectors has eased, and in some makhallas the number of crimes has fallen from 10 to 5.
By the end of the year, this system is to be fully rolled out across the Namangan province, and extended to 448 high-crime-risk makhallas in the rest of the country.
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