Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11291)
The official title is the 'Magna Carta of the Poor.'
The primary policy is to uplift the standard of living and quality of life of the poor by providing sustained opportunities for growth and development through area-based, sectoral, and focused poverty alleviation interventions.
Basic Sectors refer to disadvantaged sectors of Philippine society including farmer-peasants, fisherfolk, formal and informal sector workers, indigenous peoples, women, persons with disabilities, senior citizens, victims of calamities, youth, children, urban poor, and cooperative members.
Progressive Realization is a process paced according to the availability of funds and adjusts according to exigencies of the times for implementing the rights and programs for the poor.
The fundamental rights are: Right to Adequate Food, Right to Decent Work, Right to Relevant and Quality Education, Right to Adequate Housing, and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Agriculture (DA), along with other concerned implementing agencies.
Private contractors and subcontractors doing national and local public works funded by government must fill 30% of skilled labor requirements with qualified workers from poor sectors residing in the project LGUs, or the maximum available if less than 30%.
Through expansion of free or socialized college education programs, including student loans or study-now-pay-later plans in state and local universities and colleges, subject to reasonable academic requirements.
NEDA is tasked to maintain and periodically review a single system of classification for targeting beneficiaries of poverty alleviation programs in consultation with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Funding shall come from existing appropriations in the General Appropriations Act of participating departments and agencies, with preferential consideration for allocations and possible additional funds included in the GAA.
No, donations, contributions, and grants made to programs under the National Poverty Reduction Plan are exempt from donor's tax pursuant to the National Internal Revenue Code as amended by RA No. 10963.
NAPC oversees and monitors compliance, ensures participation of basic sectors and local government units in poverty reduction planning, compiles and harmonizes sectoral plans, and promulgates implementing rules and regulations.
Section 5 states that all other rights of the poor under existing laws remain in full force and effect, and nothing in the Act diminishes those rights; poor persons may avail of greater rights offered by this and other laws.
All implementing agencies must submit compliance reports to NAPC every six months from effectivity, and NAPC shall submit consolidated reports to relevant congressional committees.
Private sector entities are encouraged to partner in financing and implementation; government agencies may accredit development partners that can accept donations/grants subject to transparency and government regulations.