Written by Medhat Wahba
Saturday, 01 April 2023 03:00 AM
Today, Saturday, the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade will start disbursing the eighth installment of the exceptional support to owners of… ration cards From the most vulnerable families, with a value of more than 833 million pounds per month, and the disbursement takes place in the form of commodities from the ration package and continues until June 30, 2023 in implementation of the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, in addition to also the ration commodities that are disbursed to approximately 64 million citizens who are registered with ration cards and beneficiaries and beneficiaries At a cost exceeding 3 billion pounds per month on ration cards.
The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has extended the outlets of consumer complexes and branches of companies affiliated with the ministry with all food commodities in preparation for the disbursement of ration commodities to ration card holders at the beginning of next month, within the decisions of the month of April, where the commodities are disbursed at the value of the subsidy allocated to each citizen. Fresh meat products And frozen at prices lower than those in the market from 20 to 25%.
The ministry, led by Dr. Ali Al-Moselhy, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, took proactive steps to secure a strategic stockpile of all products, and this confirms the government’s success in avoiding any crises related to a shortage of goods throughout the period of the Corona pandemic, and also during the Russian-Ukrainian war crisis, despite the major countries’ exposure to crises. It is related to a major shortage of food commodities. However, the Egyptian state succeeded under these difficult circumstances in providing and securing a strategic reserve of all food commodities.
