The Ismail cabinet approved amendments to the Social Benefits Act which set the criteria for eligibility to social welfare programs such as Takafol and Karama. The law will set out punishments for those who are fraudulently benefiting of Takaful and Karama, where costs have increased to EGP 12.5 bn in two years from EGP 3.8 bn, said the program’s head and Deputy Social Solidarity Minister Nevine Qabbaj. The law, which will be sent to the House of Representatives next week, will also form a task force to investigate cases of benefits fraud, she tells Al Borsa.