Integrated plan to support limited-income brackets

The Egyptian cabinet under Premier Ahmed Nazif approved the plan by Ministry of Social Solidarity to increasing incomes of poor families.

Cabinet's Spokesman Magdi Radi said that the plan includes doubling number of families benefiting from socialinsurance to 1.5 million families.

He added that the plan also aims at maintaining subsidy allocated for subsidized commoditiesprovided by the government for low-income brackets.