Another 12,250 Billion Tomans Paid In for Kalabarg Increase, Bringing Recipients to 35.1 Million People

Hassan Norouzi, head of the Subsidy Targeting Organization, announced on Thursday, October 22, 2026 (30 Mehr 1405) that 12,250 billion tomans had been paid into the account of the body running the electronic kalabarg credit increase. The money funds a monthly increase of 500,000 tomans per household member, from Mehr 1405, for 9,497,248 households (24,469,815 people) that completed the self-declaration form within the deadline.

An earlier 5,300 billion tomans had been provided and loaded by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare for 10.6 million people covered by the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the State Welfare Organization. Norouzi said total government payments for the scheme in Mehr reached 17,560 billion tomans, with 35,120,000 people benefiting from the increase. The announcement did not say exactly when the credit will show on each household's card.