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Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Subsidized bread for all

A new scheme offering subsidized bread to all is set to launch tomorrow: People not covered by the ration card system will be able to buy bread from bakeries at cost in a trial of the new scheme that will kick off on Wednesday, Supply Minister Ali El Moselhy was quoted as saying by Reuters yesterday. Under the program, citizens will be able to buy subsidized 90-gram loaves using prepaid cards, with the move expected to increase the amount of bread sold by the government by up to 10%, Moselhy reportedly said. The prepaid cards will be sold at post offices for around EGP 100, Moselhy said earlier this week.

The subsidized loaves will be sold for EGP 0.90 or slightly higher, Assistant Supply Minister Ibrahim Ashmawy told Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi in a phone call (watch, runtime: 6:20.) The prepaid cards can be charged with any amount of money, Ashmawy said, adding that there is no limit on how much a person can buy per day.

AND- Authorities will soon release another 31 pretrial detainees who received pardons from the presidential pardon committee, Lobna Assal reports on Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 1:08.)

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