President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during a videoconference meeting on July 16, highlighted serious deficiencies in the social registry system. According to him, in 184 neighborhoods, all 2,000 applications from citizens for inclusion in the social registry were unjustly rejected within a month. As a result, needy families were unable to access guaranteed services such as social assistance, kindergarten enrollment, and extracurricular activities for their children.
The head of state criticized instances of unjustified refusal to include citizens in the social registry or their artificial removal from it. The highest number of such cases were recorded in the districts of Bostan, Oltinkul, Khovas, Tashlak, Sharof Rashidov, Uchkuduk, and Dekhkanabad.
Consequently, appeals to the president regarding registry inclusion have increased 1.5 times since the beginning of the year, rising from 30,000 to 46,000. This indicates a sharp rise in public distrust and dissatisfaction with the system.
The meeting tasked the Prosecutor General's Office with strict oversight of the social registry's proper maintenance. Additionally, Shahnoza Mirziyoyeva, First Deputy Director of the National Social Protection Agency, was instructed to regularly report to the president on the registry's fairness.
Officials were assigned to introduce 25 types of services to neighborhoods by year-end, including early disability detection, home adaptation, and placement in social housing. Within three months, 250 neighborhoods will establish day and home care services for individuals with dementia and intellectual disabilities, along with 'Madad' homes. In 75 neighborhoods, the 'Faol Hayot' program for elderly in need of care will be launched, as well as support centers for abandoned and abused children.
The meeting also addressed crime prevention in neighborhoods. Over the past three years, 571 out of 1,162 neighborhoods with severe criminogenic situations have recorded no crimes this year. According to the president, this was achieved through the installation of video cameras, creation of safe streets and walkways, scientific resolution of residents' problems, and psychological support for families.
A methodology for crime prevention will be developed based on the experience of exemplary neighborhoods. Throughout the year, preventive inspectors in 'red' and 'yellow' category neighborhoods will be trained on-site using this methodology.
In Namangan region, an experiment providing preventive inspectors with body cameras integrated with tablets yielded positive results. This automated citizen identification, administrative protocol drafting, and submission of materials to court. As a result, inspectors' workload decreased, and crime in some neighborhoods dropped from 10 to 5 cases.
The task was set to fully implement this experience in Namangan region by year-end, and in 448 neighborhoods with severe criminogenic situations in other regions.
Source: www.gazeta.uz