63% of bakeries were equipped with smart card readers
According to Fars news agency, Mohammad Jalal saidWego With (happy), referring to the implementation of the plan make smart and the popularization of bread subsidy, stated: bread and flour subsidy has a substantial difference with the subsidy of other basic goods and even energy carriers and that when we assign the subsidy to the product itself, those who consume more benefit from the subsidy, but in other Commodities and even energy carriers, our high-consumer people are the most affluent people.
He added: In the matter of bread, high consumers are individuals and families who have lower financial means and because they cannot afford other consumer goods, they consume more bread. Of course, provided that the bread really reaches these households.
* The main goal is to prevent deviations from the use of wheat, flour and bread
The advisor to the Minister of Economy stated that the main goal of the smart management plan for the flour and bread subsidy or in short (MAHIA) is to prevent the deviation from the consumption of wheat, flour and bread.
The adviser to the Minister of Economy explained: We will not observe anything special on the people’s side; This means that we will not increase the price of bread, nor will we have a restriction on the purchase of bread by people, and there is not even a special tool called a bread card or something similar for people, which means that people can use their own bank card from any bank, as before. They buy bread at the same rate as before.
* The performance of the baker can be evaluated
Jalal continued: Only from the side card readersmart devices, or a smart payment platform that is connected to this system, a change occurs and the performance of the baker is measured and can be evaluated, with this approach, our argument is that access to subsidized flour or flour subsidy depends on the performance of selling bread to is the people
He added: Previously, this discount was done through consultation and bargaining, that is, a specific quota of flour was given to the baker, but whether or not there is a function for it was no longer checked; That is, we could not measure the output, this infrastructure in its first phase, which is about the establishment of smart payment systems, performance measurement bakers does
Jalal said: flour quota for bakers Committed, honest and capable in this plan will be gradually removed, and the high cost of renting the bakery, which was caused by the flour quota, will slowly decrease, and the license fee will gradually decrease and move towards zero.
The adviser to the Minister of Economy added: Therefore, in the end, the cost of bread production for this bakers will decrease, and on the other hand, the people who had activated their business and obtained a license mostly with the motive of supplying flour outside of the flour network and abusing cheap flour, the relevance of the work will be lost for them, because in this plan, they or Subsidized flour is allocated based on the performance registered in this system, or flour and wheat are released, and if the conditions are met and tested in a province, MabeThethe difference The free rate is credited to their account with the selling rate of bread, or the full price of bread.
The advisor to the Minister of Economy stated: This plan will be pursued with two approaches in its second phase; Either flour is allocated a subsidy based on performance, or flour and wheat are subject to free price changes, and for performance, MabeThethe difference It is paid to the baker, but we don’t have any changes from the people’s side, and there is no price jump or cost to the people.
*Using the concept of conventional pattern
Jalal reminded: From the people’s side, in principle, we do not have a limit or a concept called bread quota, when we say quota, it means that we have a so-called preferential price of bread and a free price of bread, and in general, the approach of the plan is a data-oriented management approach. That is, we on the baker’s side, most of the time and sometimes on the side of people or buyers, may have unconventional transactions. bakers And customers in each region are measured because we have a different behavior pattern in each region.
He added: We have the same average performance bakers or the average performance of buyers, we extract the average pattern and consider it normal to operate around this pattern; But it would not be normal to deviate from this model, that is, a bakery that might want to cheat and make several transactions with a card or too many unrealistic transactions in card reader have, with a simple data analysis, it is extracted and unusual transactions from MabeThedifference which is supposed to be paid to him or the subsidized flour which is supposed to be MabeThe baker will be compensated, it will be removed, and the baker’s credit rating will be considered to be reduced for each time he commits fraudulent methods.
Advisor to the Minister of Economy reminded: This method makes the discount factor of refund or discount MabeThethe difference Subsidized flour will be reduced and it will take a long time for the baker to restore his credit rating; Therefore, with a non-judicial deterrence model, we prefer that the issue be resolved, and the baker who is hardworking and wants to work in detail on this field and previously had a limit on the quota of flour or could not produce more than one volume, in this plan, those limits will be removed. The face is automatically removed.
He added: On the other hand, there are some people who are just looking for a quota, the purpose of continuing their business is lost, and they are forced to either change their methods or really think about producing bread to make a profit, or this business altogether. and leave work.
* 63% coverage card readersmart people in the country
Advisor to the Minister of Economy, referring to the estimated savings of 1.5 billion euro With the implementation of this plan, he explained: Estimates of more than 1.5 billion euros will be saved from the storage of wheat and flour with this plan, which has been determined by checking the data obtained from the system.
He continued: After about 55 days of the implementation of the plan, more than 63% of all bakeries in the country card reader are equipped and in terms of the number of bread sales transactions, more than 89% of the country’s bakeries have been covered.
Jalal said: Before the start of the plan, there were about 7 million bread sales transactions per day card readerWe had bakeries all over the country, which is based on the statistics of the central bank, and now we see more than 6 million transactions in the system daily, and the initial estimates show that this 30% deviation basis is not a high estimate, but a normal estimate and maybe It is downward and the number to prevent deviations and frauds and abuses may be even bigger than this.
The adviser to the Minister of Economy continued: But in general, the 30% numerical deviation is the same as the 30% numerical deviation on which it has been ensured that it exists, and we hope that this plan can reduce these deviations to a large extent without creating price tension or restrictions on purchasing for Manage conventional purchases.
He also explained: the purchases of businesses and large institutions and bulk purchases, which are referred to as an institution or a group, simply by registering the information of that institution or business, the information of the buyer who wants to make the purchase on their behalf. Its purchase transactions will become conventional transactions and will be counted as part of the baker’s performance; But if he does not do this, his purchase performance is not considered among the baker’s output performance, and he will suffer from future discounts.
*Payment of 15% of excess sales performance card readerSmart ones with bakers
The adviser to the minister of economy said about the rates announced by the union: these are the same rates as last year and there has been no change, the basis of action is according to the same law of the parliament and the rates of 1400, and since these rates do not change, the bakeries that operate, for now After installation card readerSmart and performance-based employees are paid 15% extra at the end of each day, and we strive to increase this number to bakers To be able to cover the increase in their rent and salary costs and to be able to support someone who is doing a proper and healthy activity enough to keep his business going.
Jalal explained: From the people’s side, the participation infrastructure for ranking bakers And getting people’s opinions about the quality and quantity of bread for each bakery, including low sales and possibly reporting some frauds, etc., by using people’s capacity, predictions have been made that will be addressed in the future.
* A new tool called bread card is not correct
Jalal emphasized: In the proposed solution of the smart flour and bread subsidy management plan, which is managed by the Ministry of Economy, the Ministries of the Interior, Agriculture, Welfare and other institutions had a very good and close cooperation, and the provincial officials were also very supportive and attentive. It was followed up well, but there are definitely shortcomings in the work that will be fixed over time.
Thanking the people for their patience and cooperation with the government in implementing this plan, he said: In this plan, there will be no price increase in the field of traditional bread, and there will be no purchase restrictions, and a new tool called a bread card is also a rumor and It is a media speculation and it is not true, and people can make their own purchases with any bank card they have, and there is no change through card readerWe will not have new ones.
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