Shaways: smart ration card project will involve everyone

15/06/2013 12:00 AM Continue coordination with the World Food Programme to إنضاجه   Baghdad, Tariq al-Araji,  Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Rose Nuri Shaways said the draft of the ration card new smart will include everyone among them of blocked their old card for various reasons.  and said Shaways's (Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network) that the government paid particular attention to addressing the problems and challenges facing the process of distribution of vocabulary items, where the focus was on how to provide this service to the people smoothly and efficiently, but the march of work over the past years were distressed and faced captivity many of trouble in order to get the nutrients in order to achieve security diet.  said that a committee repair the ration card system and although great achievement achieved by reducing the number covered by the system by blocking the card slides affordable high-income and reduce the number of ration card items that are limited to basic foodstuffs, however, that difficulties still associated with rings the provision of these items from the import down to the ring distribution between families, pointing out that the government is moving forward in the implementation of the strategy of poverty alleviation, which is proud of everyone accomplishment achieved overall activities in the framework of cooperation with the World Food Programme to repair the ration card system.  , and pointed out that the government is working on replace the current system of ration card, which holds the responsibility of the Ministry of Commerce another the idea to adopt the style of the smart card to allow the family to get food supplies through marketing outlets give citizens full flexibility in the timing of the receipt of materials and selection of markets appropriate to him, thus alleviating the burden of the Ministry of Commerce lot of administrative burdens and regulatory and marketing as well as get rid of the traffic agents that proved the past years reluctance where and weak commitment to the responsibilities entrusted to them.  Shaways stressed that the Council of Ministers briefed on the effort in this direction and issued a clear decision on further reforming the ration card system in collaboration with the World Food Programme to mature proposal the style of the smart card.  For his part, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussein al-Shahristani told (Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network) that the adoption of this program coincides with the launch of the national strategy for energy which extends until the year 2030, noting that the introduction of the ration card system in intelligent limited to the process of obtaining a vocabulary of food, but allows facilitate pan coefficients citizens for various services Kalthad, salaries and benefits social welfare network and lots of fuel, noting the need to connect the smart card the card of national so that each citizen card and national and benefit from the completion of the transaction. Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Chairman Supreme Committee for the reform of the ration card on the Keywords said on the sidelines of the consultative meeting on the draft smart card's (Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network) that the decline in the poverty rate dramatically improved living conditions Amsia factors convincing to reduce covered by the system, ration card, so consistently Reform Commission ration card system on formulate a plan for the transition from the system funding in its current form by the Ministry of Commerce, which holds the regulation and import, distribution and supervision of distribution through agents and that has shown its inability to deliver the material the right time and the required quality to a new system, pointing out that many families were reluctant to recognize some of the material or all a result of foot-dragging and delays facing distribution operations., adding that the meeting discussed a new proposal to convert the style of delivery of the ration card to the smart card system which would address the negatives large faced by the ration card system and provide the flexibility and ease of citizens' access to goods included in this system, as well as the possibility to benefit from the data style smart card in the organization of other activities so that only comprehensive system Supply on the poor and vulnerable, which increases the level of income below the poverty line of which may be negatively measures not include the system in question.  , and pointed out that the Commission reduced the number of substances covered by the system of ration from 9 to five articles and blocked for people with high incomes, noting the difficulties the issue of blocking where this process requires more cooperation by institutions and associations, trade unions, associations and ministries of the State towards reaching the ultimate goal of strategic Ban be targeted as part of social protection for the poor and needy and low-income , pointing out that all these measures are preliminary steps towards the ultimate goal contained in the strategy of poverty alleviation which is replacing the ration card system an effective system of social protection to achieve a big leap towards improving the situation of the poor and help them to achieve better performance their standard of living and development., and said that the meeting discussed during the two days two aspects and technical frameworks and technical assistance to the possibility of providing more services to all families so that the card is the tool by which to adapt to the government and determine the classes covered by the card system through changes in technology electronic feed tag data so that it can expand or reduce coverage and card items, according to economic conditions and data realism in and thus reduce the role of the Ministry of Commerce in this process and bring the private sector replace the ministry and the government, this topic will lead to obtain direct implications and positive in the framework of activating the role of the private sector and reduce the role of government in those activities.  stressed Keywords that the application of the smart card system will lead to the inclusion of all Iraqis by the fact that This system is used in other areas, warning that the participation of Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Rose Shawis and members of the House of Representatives of the Committee on reform of the ration card system gives an opportunity for the success of the implementation plans and steps.

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