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The House of Representatives\u2019 Manpower Committee signed off on a number of proposals on Monday, including one that amends social welfare laws to see pensions rise by 15%, AMAY reports<\/a>. The increase is part of a EGP 46 bn social welfare package that the Sherif Ismail government had approved last month<\/a> and will cost state coffers some EGP 20 bn. The committee also signed off on the 10% hardship raise for state bureaucrats not covered under the Civil service Act and sanctioned a proposal to set the minimum for public sector employees\u2019 annual raises at EGP 65 a month. Also on Monday, the House General Assembly voted on a KWD 300k funding agreement with the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development to finance the removal of landmines from the western north coast, Al Mal says<\/a>. Representatives also sanctioned trade facilitation agreement<\/a> that Egypt signed with the World Trade Organization in 2013 in Indonesia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The House of Representatives\u2019 Manpower Committee signed off on a number of proposals on Monday, including one that amends social welfare laws to see pensions rise by 15%, AMAY reports. 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