Lawmaker: 2023 budget will disburse seven trillion dinars in social welfare

Lawmaker: 2023 budget will disburse seven trillion dinars in social welfare
2022-11-28T14:10:43+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraq's 2023 federal budget allocates seven trillion dinars for social welfare, a member of the parliament's finance committee revealed on Monday.

In a statement to Shafaq News Agency, lawmaker Moeen al-Kadhimi said that the amount to-be-disbursed to the social affairs ministry will cover additional one million families.

"The budget also includes a raise for the salaries of the citizens benefiting from social welfare," he added.

"The finance ministry is studying the budget bill and will send a draft to the legislative body soon," he concluded.

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