The cash subsidy will definitely not be removed, but it will not increase either – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news

According to Mehr News Agency, Alireza Asgarian, Deputy Minister of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare, in an interview with the radio, explained the details of the implementation of the electronic goods plan.

Question: How many people have joined the new Kala Bargh plan? I think they are easily visible in the management dashboard.

Asgarian: The current statistics are probably due to the holidays, the statistics are not extensive, and we hope that in the next few days, dear people, especially in this one decade, where there are eight and a half million people, that is, the beneficiaries of the Imam’s Relief and Welfare Committee, will be connected.

Question: What is there, the government is beyond what we have in the short messages that say the government wants to convert the cash subsidy into a non-cash subsidy and cut the subsidy. I mentioned earlier that maybe this should have been done five years ago, that is. At the time when the book on the art of sanctions was published and a warning was given in Iran about it, we realized that we must have an outstanding management to provide the basket of goods needed by the vulnerable deciles, but now it has happened with delay. Is the policy really to cut the subsidy or are we doing better management to ensure that goods and services reach the vulnerable deciles with preferential currency?

Asgarian: The subsidy will definitely not be cut and will remain in effect, but will not increase. In fact, the credit that is new is conditional on our subsidy, that is, deciles 1 to 3, which now have a subsidy of 400 thousand tomans per person. It is possible that the subsidy is in place, it is 300 thousand tomans, which will not be removed, but credits will be placed next to the subsidy to give direction, as you said regarding the food basket and the health of the families, the health of the families means that we can consume something close to 2,500 calories. Let’s convey to every person on a daily basis that 11 items of basic goods have been considered for this issue and that credit is conditionally placed next to the subsidies, which means that priority should be created in families to use the food basket, families in the first stage of the aid and welfare committee’s applicants. are and in the next steps, definitely this new portfolio and credit spread He finds, takes the three decimals and God willing moves to higher decimals.

Question: One of the questions we always had is whether the situation is really such that the Ministry of Welfare should subsidize so many countless people of Iran. There was always a question mark that no, resource management is a problem and now we are moving towards reforming these resources. People say that now that you are doing this, why don’t you widen the range of goods or if these goods are going to be bought, why? Won’t the routes from production to distribution be shorter so that it costs less, and in fact, the government’s support policy for the weak and low-income classes, paying attention to the livelihood portfolio of these groups will be formed more accurately and effectively?

Asgarian: The same thing is happening now, that is, we are in the first stage. Although we had other stages before, this is the most real stage, because the credit is charged one month earlier. Secondly, an amount of about 20% has been added to the credit and definitely This is the case that from now on we are communities and groups that are harmed more acceptable to cover are Naturally, the lower deciles are the deciles that are more deprived and should be paid more attention to, and this policy will continue unchanged, and it is necessary that the amount of credit be increased in the coming days and months, that is, it should increase by 80 thousand tomans, and we We hope that this will happen and it will definitely help in the case of higher deciles, and the main priority is the disadvantaged themselves.

Question: Definitely, before you say, please introduce us experts so that we can follow up on the numerous questions of the people, many people say that this does not cure our pain, I wish you would give us the money while a very strong strategy. The reason behind this is that in terms of health, that is, people’s health is the first priority for the government.

Asgarian: As you said, from the very beginning, the intention of the subsidies was to cover the food basket of the people and bring health to the families naturally. When the preferred currency was removed in 1401, it was supposed that we the difference The basket to be paid, after all, inflation covers different areas, it can be 150 items. The field of purchasing equipment and other various necessities that are in our life.

This design has the most important precision only on the basket, that is why there are 11 pens, 11 pens by scientific collections, especially the Iranian Nutrition Institute. confirmation It means a comparative study carried out during different years and updated that if something good is going to happen on people’s table, these 11 items should be balanced on the table of families in order to maintain intergenerational health, the calories are clear, small Nutrient and protein and vitamins are clear and this is a very powerful minimum and can move us forward.

These 11 items are 11 scientific items that are not under my authority and are decided by the scientific groups, and we prepare and propose these 11 items. This is one of the main strategies of the system. Now, 80 thousand tomans depends on the purchase of this basket. If you assume that I am a helper or I am in the bottom three deciles, if 400 thousand tomans is my subsidy, for me to use this basket, it depends on the purchase of 320 thousand tomans.

Question: Now people are sending different messages that this 80 thousand tomans is a figure? Or this 20% in this increasing price, we have many messages that say the same thing and they also address you to say that Mr. Minister and Deputy Minister are shopping themselves to see what the price does?

Asgarian: This is serious I will return Going back, it is very necessary to answer this question. In 1401, this same basket had 11 pens with a certain number, that is, if you bought the basket, we estimated that if you bought these 11 pens with the defined volume, it would be 439 thousand tomans. It was the price Suddenly Inflation started to increase. We reached the current point. At the current point, the price of this basket is 800 and small Mabe the difference Its inflation is 406 thousand tomans, which means that you would have bought this basket in 1401, if you buy it now, the difference in price will be 406 thousand tomans. What we’re paying is going to be a subsidy, a subsidy and a credit on top of that, is that we’re going to the difference pay inflation, that means from now on, if inflation starts to move, with the beginning of May 1401, the inflationary space will be covered, and that is only this basket, we cannot enter other items, so now when I receive a subsidy of 400 thousand tomans, it is possible in During this year, because the basket was not defined and the precise policy was not applied, I went and spent that 400 thousand Tomans in different places, and this is also a right and there is still this freedom.

Question: If we put all these things together like a puzzle, the government is providing coordination work by itself, for example, when we look at the reduction of interest for housing facilities, we look at the increase of 100 million in the housing deposit, or we look at the Ministry of Housing, which has a system It moves housing and real estate forward with speed. These were sleeping for 9 years. Iran started the welfare system for Iranians, but could not get proper services from it, because the coordination to provide national service was not really seen, these things became history.

Asgarian: There are two other basic points that I would like to add, one is related to organizing the consumption of bread and the other pharmacist is, plan pharmacist It has not been fully felt by the people, but its interstitial inflation is being answered. Even now, this product covers all the credit areas of the system for the deprived and other strata.