No fuel subsidies for expats
The government’s decision to stop fuel subsidies is expected to have negative impact on the private sector by increasing its production costs, and thus increase the prices of various goods and services.
Official government sources stressed that energy and product subsidies would not be lifted from citizens with low and medium incomes.
The sources added that a special mechanism is being prepared to determine which citizens deserve subsidies and which do not by using the smart civil ID that is to be used to get petrol at the prevailing prices.
Non-deserving citizens and expats would pay the new prices that are expected to double by the beginning of 2015, jumping from 65 to 100 fils per litre.
Petrol will be the starting point towards using further applications in the process of linking civil IDs to various daily transactions as well as getting subsidised goods.
The sources highlighted that the idea to adopt smart civil IDs was die to numerous reasons, including avoiding issuing special cards for gasoline as the current smart IDs are already ready to receive purchase data, saving fortunes that would need to be spent issuing new cards and the high security levels the new ID cards have.
Source : GD Online
Kuwait News
- Events in Kuwait
- Two new deaths in Kuwait due to Coronavirus
- Coronavirus cases in Kuwait as of 17.04.2020
- EMPLOYERS OBLIGATED TO PAY WORKERS DURING CURFEW PERIOD
- MOI grants temporary residence for expiring visas
- Kuwait sets venues to host Indians desiring to go home
- Video – Power supply to 32 buildings of expat bachelors to be cut
- May need to extend social distancing until 2022 – Washington
- Appointment shopping during curfew
- Qatar Airways started operation for 40 connected destinations
- 25% rent discount for Apr, May & Jun to all Kuwaiti and expatriate tenants
- Outbound flights from Kuwait Airport to USA
- Over 250,000 expats lost their jobs in Kuwait
- Residence for Family visa and Self sponsor renewal for only 1 year
- 161 New Coronavirus cases in Kuwait
- 83 New Coronavirus cases in Kuwait
- Renewal of driving license for 15 yrs and 3 yrs
- Renew your civil id online and collect it after holidays
- Coronavirus in GCC as of 08.04.2020
- Residence Violation Penalty applied from 1st March
- Coronavirus Cases in Kuwait by Nationalities
Filed in: All • Expats in Kuwait • Local News
Subscribe
If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it.
