The Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva government will hold an event at the Palácio do Planalto to announce that it zeroed out the INSS queue. The announcement was made during a meeting of the National Social Security Council (CNPS), when the INSS reported that the queue of requests to obtain benefits dropped to 1.282 million in August, partial data as of the 24th of the month. According to a note from the Ministry of Social Security, this is the lowest level since 2023.
Despite the announcement, thousands of people are still awaiting analysis of their requests. The Executive branch considers these beneficiaries to be within the legal deadline, as they have been waiting for less than 45 days, the maximum period established for the analysis of requests.
In January of this year, 3.073 million benefit requests were waiting in the queue. The 59% reduction represents a significant drop in the volume of people waiting for INSS service, indicating an improvement in the agency's indicators.
