Damascus-Sana
The Council of Ministers approved the plan of the Ministries of Internal Trade, Consumer Protection, Economy and Foreign Trade to secure basic materials for citizens in a subsidized manner through the Syrian Foundation for Trade through the electronic services card with the aim of protecting the citizen from price fluctuations as a result of the economic blockade imposed on the Syrian people. Basic food.
In its weekly session today, headed by Eng. Imad Khamis, Prime Minister, the Council approved the plan of the Agricultural Production Support Fund and its budget for 2020 amounting to 15 billion pounds, an increase of 50 percent over last year to expand the umbrella of agricultural production support and the provision of forage and improved seeds and support to the seed multiplication and seeding institutions, and a support committee was commissioned The agricultural sector is preparing an integrated study on subsidies.
The Council asked the Economic Committee in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and relevant ministries to intensify communication with the Federation of Chambers of Industry and Industrialists and the Craftsmen Union to enhance participatory decision-making and address the difficulties to restart each facility, plant and workshop in parallel with the government economic team providing the necessary facilities and loans.
The Council reviewed the steps of the Ministries of Interior, Finance, Water Resources, Electricity, Communications, Technology, and Transport to start implementing the electronic payment system, and the Ministry of Finance was tasked with completing the procedures for electronic payment structure in operating banks and authorizing the Central Bank of Syria to secure the necessary equipment to implement the project in the Ministry of Transport and the Syrian Telecom Company next month.
The Council examined the draft amendment of Law 44 of 2001, whereby the share of the Journalists' Pension Fund becomes 4% instead of 2%, with the aim of improving the living conditions of journalists and their families.
The Council agreed to start implementing the approved development projects in Homs recently, with a financing mechanism to achieve compatibility between capabilities and priorities, and a group of them will be launched next month.
The Minister of Public Works and Housing Eng. Suhail Abdul Latif gave a presentation on what has been accomplished in the field of the national map of housing and housing ... The Council asked the ministry to enhance the role of real estate development companies in the housing plan.
The Council agreed to secure the requirements for printing 67 million textbooks for the next academic year.
Munther Al-Omari