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The average amount of subsidies per capita was $58 per month.
Clients of PrivatBank, the largest bank in Ukraine, received more than UAH 1.1 billion, or US$40.8 million, in monetized subsidies for utility services in March 2019.
The average amount of subsidies per capita was UAH 1,553 ($58), according to the bank's press service.
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Dnirpopetrovsk region is in the lead in terms of the subsidies paid (UAH 148.1 million/$5.5 million). It is followed by Kyiv and Kharkiv regions (UAH 130.6 million/$4.8 million and UAH 86.9 million/$3.2 million, respectively).
The highest average amount of subsidies per capita was reported in Rivne region (UAH 1,907/$70.68), Volyn region (UAH 1,895/$70.24) and Chernihiv region (UAH 1,880/$69.68).
The lowest average subsidies per capita were paid to residents of Zaporizhia region (UAH 1,372/$50.85), Odesa region (UAH 1,137/$42.14) and Kirovohrad region (UAH 593/$21.98).
As UNIAN reported earlier, monetization of subsidies, which will be carried out in three stages, has been launched in Ukraine.
The first phase began on January 1, 2019, for those citizens who will apply for granting subsidies with a new package of documents. The second stage is envisaged for citizens who are entitled to subsidies for non-heating season of 2019. The full transition to the monetized subsidies payments is expected at the third stage.
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers in February reduced the maximum allowed period of overdue debts for utility services, when assigning subsidies to households, to one month.