National Development and Reform Commission: It is expected to issue a temporary subsidy of about 20 billion yuan in prices from September this year to March next year

Wan Jinsong, director of the Price Department of the National Development and Reform Commission. Picture source: Guoxin Office

Cover Journalist Dai Rui

On August 26, the State New Office held a routine hair dryer to ensure the policies of the State Council. Wan Jinsong, director of the Price Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at the blower that it is expected that from September this year to March next year, the prices will be temporarily subsidized to the people of difficulties about 20 billion yuan. Among them About 7 billion yuan.

Recently, the executive meeting of the State Council pointed out that from September to March of this year, the price subsidy linkage mechanism was adjusted at a period. On the basis of the current 7 groups covering the minimum insurance objects and orphans, the number of people who receive unemployment subsidies and the subsistence allowances of the unemployment subsidy and the subsistence allowances will be included in the guarantee. After the expansion, the policy covers 67 million people. The month -on -year increase in consumer prices in the start -up conditions decreased from 3.5%to 3.0%.

Wan Jinsong said that in the channel for increased funds to guarantee funds, in addition to the additional funds for receiving unemployed insurance money personnel and unemployment subsidies, the subsidy funds to other difficult people are listed from the unemployment insurance fund. Subsidies are given in fiscal areas, among which 30%are subsidized in the eastern region, 60%of the central region subsidies, and 80%subsidies in the western region. The temporary subsidy of the price is first distributed by the local area, and the central government is settled after the financial.

He pointed out that under the current "tight life" of governments at all levels, the state still decides to adjust the price subsidy linkage mechanism in a phased, increase the price subsidy of the people in difficulties, and fully reflects the party Central Committee and the State Council. The people of difficulties always put the basic lives of the people in difficulty in the important and important position.

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