UAE plans to increase social assistance to low-income families

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The United Arab Emirates intends to double the financial support provided by the government to low-income Emirati families, in order to help them cope with the rising cost of living.

Financial support packages and social assistance provided to low-income Emirati families will be increased, to a total of 28 billion dirhams ($7.6 billion).

The increase includes strengthening the current social assistance in addition to providing new aid aimed at addressing the inflation in food prices, and the costs of electricity and fuel, according to the official news agency in the UAE (WAM).

Emirati nationals represent regarding ten percent of the UAE’s population of regarding 10 million, most of whom are foreign workers.

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