MPs object to Supply Ministry’s minimum income threshold for food subsidy beneficiaries

Some parliament members are not happy with the Supply Ministry’s Tuesday decision to introduce a minimum income threshold of EGP 1,500 a month for food subsidy beneficiaries, according to Al Borsa. The minimum income threshold should be raised to EGP 2,000 a month, suggested House Economics Committee MP Mohamed Badrawi, as EGP 1,500 a month is nowhere near enough to cover a person’s needs during times of such high inflation, MP Mohamed El Dessouki also tells the newspaper.