(MENAFN) Jordan authorities said that it will end the bread supports, as long as vowing to provide cash support to its citizens, instead.
Jordanian Prime Minister, Hani Mulki, said that each family whose yearly income is less than 12,000 Jordanian dinars (around 16,000 U.S. dollars) will get cash support, adding that the government will raise bread prices from the beginning of February.
The government decided to end the bread supports, saying that, more than 50% of the supported bread is consumed by non-citizens, who place pressure on the state budget.
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