Subsidy cuts not to affect low-income peoples in Kuwait
Any reduction in subsidies will not affect people with low-income, said Ali Al-Omair, Minister of Public Works and State Minister for National Assembly Affairs.
The minister said that the proposed solutions would not undermine the interests of low-income people, and that it would be acceptable to all without having any negative impact on citizens, reported English daily Kuwait Times.
The National Assembly bureau is likely to meet with the economic committee of the Supreme Planning Council on Wednesday and with the minister of finance to discuss the issue of cutting subsidies on commodities and services. The announcement came after ministry officials met and discussed plans to reduce or lift subsidies on public services and commodities.
According to Ali Al-Omair, the debate over the issue is focused on the best means to stop squandering of public funds and to rationalize expenditures.
Source : GD Online
Kuwait News
- Events in Kuwait
- 17 new coronavirus cases in Kuwait
- UAE announces 2 coronavirus deaths
- 3 mobile firms offer free 5GB daily data usage for month
- Exempt tenants from paying rent under the current circumstances
- What is social distancing?
- 11 new coronavirus cases in Kuwait
- Schools further suspended till 4th August
- MOI issued instructions for Kuwaitis and expats
- No vaccine, treatment for coronavirus – Chinese top medical advisor
- Video – An expat violates home quarantine found working in a bakery in Kuwait
- Govt will pay for travel and exempt fines or raid hideouts
- 5 years imprisonment and 50,000 KWD fine
- Egyptian woman arrested in Kuwait
- Power supply cut to 370 buildings housing bachelors
- Coronavirus test in 10 minutes
- Worldwide Coronavirus cases as of 14.03.2020
- Hundreds of prisoners to be deported
- Shuts down shops, malls, barbershops, salons due to coronavirus
- Kuwait adds new countries to its home quarantine list
- WHO declares new coronavirus pandemic

Filed in: All • Expats in Kuwait • Local News