The new Market Pass returns in an improved form, providing support to around 210,000 households beneficiaries of the Minimum Guaranteed Income. With a budget of EUR 400 million, the aid will be granted through a digital or printed voucher for purchases of food and emergency items. The basic monthly aid shall start at EUR 40 and shall be retroactively up to EUR 1,200 for 30 months. Minister Domna Michailidou announced that payments would begin earlier than originally planned September, probably in the summer, with the first installment including the retroactive amounts.