The Minister highlighted the government's role in boosting economic, industrial, and export activity, and encouraging private sector growth through more targeted initiatives. He said the government eased the tax burden on business partners, and in return, state revenues doubled without imposing any new taxes. He affirmed that the ministry has cooperated with all government agencies to increase spending on citizen-focused priorities. He pointed out that spending on the health sector increased by 19.3% and education by 20.1%, with a focus on improving spending efficiency so that citizens gradually feel the improvement in services.
Key spending highlights for citizens:
Healthcare: 15 billion Egyptian pounds were spent to fund
state-sponsored medical treatment for 2.5 million citizens.
2.1 billion pounds were allocated to presidential
initiatives to eliminate waiting lists, benefiting nearly 484,000 citizens.
7.4 billion pounds were spent on health insurance programs
and providing medicine, and 80,000 critical cases from the most in-need
families were treated in cooperation with the Ministry of Health.
Education: 4 billion pounds were allocated to hire 160,000
new teachers on a per-session basis to address shortages, serving 26 million
students.
6.9 billion pounds were spent on printing textbooks.
500 million pounds were allocated for incentives for
pre-university education development.
7.2 billion pounds were spent on school meals, benefiting
about 15.6 million students.
Housing and Subsidies: 9.3 billion pounds were spent on the
real estate finance initiative to provide suitable housing for low- and
middle-income individuals, benefiting nearly 70,000 citizens last year.
57.6 billion pounds were spent to support local wheat, 60.2
billion for imported wheat, and 7.2 billion to support cotton.
11.2 billion pounds were directed to pay off sugarcane dues.
Social Protection: The government spent 642 billion pounds
on subsidies, grants, and social benefits for those most in need, an annual
growth of 12%.
165.4 billion pounds were spent on food subsidies.
43.2 billion pounds were allocated to social security
programs and the Takaful and Karama initiatives, an annual growth of 22.8%.
Pensions and Transportation: The Minister said that 142.7 billion pounds were directed to pension funds, an annual growth of 5.8%, pointing out that passenger transport was supported by 2.5 billion pounds, a growth rate of 10.4%, in addition to 1.3 billion pounds for vehicle replacement and promoting the green transformation.