The annual travel allowance intended for persons with locomotor disabilities will rise by 100 lei, from 700 to 800 lei, IPN reports.

According to the data of the local social assistance offices, 12,500 persons are entitled to such an allowance.

By the Government decision of December 9, 2014, the allocations from the 2015 state budget to the budgets of the territorial-administrative units, including the money for paying annual travel allowances to persons with locomotor disabilities, were set at over 10 million lei.