Lekjaa also specified that subsidies allocated to butane consumption, amounting to 15 billion dirhams per year, should be better targeted to reach the most deprived populations. He added: “In other words, the richest 20% benefit from twice as much subsidies as the poorest 20%.”
The real issue with subsidies for butane gas, as well as other subsidized products such as flour and sugar, lies in their unequal distribution, explained Faouzi Lekjaa. He insisted on the need for the government and parliament to put in place mechanisms allowing these subsidies to fully benefit the disadvantaged classes, for whom they were established.
In the area of agriculture, and in response to “the opening of the debate on the subsidy of gas used for pumping water”, Faouzi Lekjaa affirmed that “the increase in gas prices is not on the government’s agenda, so everyone can be reassured. He also highlighted that “a project to encourage the use of solar panels, which constitutes a truly sustainable solution, is underway”. Lekjaa added that “agriculture deserves to be supported, and the successive subsidies that the sector benefits from could be adapted to the difficult circumstances”.
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