Heba Press
The Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament and official government spokesperson, Mustafa Paytas, confirmed on Thursday that the finance bill included government measures that would consolidate the social state.
Paytas explained, during a press interview after the weekly meeting of the Government Council, in response to questions from journalists, that the government increased the budget allocated to education to reach 85.6 billion of dirhams, as well as the budget allocated to the health sector to reach 32.57 billion dirhams.
The minister stressed that these measures concern in particular the construction of educational institutions, the attention paid to educators, the processing of a certain number of files, the construction of hospitals, investment in human resources, the increase in the number of doctors and a “major investment” in the level of medical assistance. equipment.
Paytas added that the finance bill also provided for a reform of the income tax, and supported the purchasing power of citizens by allocating an amount of 40 billion dirhams, including 16.6 billion dirhams for the compensation fund.
The minister confirmed that the government had activated compensation for families, recalling that the medical health coverage system (RAMED) was experiencing a “major imbalance” due to the delay in examination dates, stressing that “11 million people have now entitled to free public hospitalization.” , and they have the right to access private sector services.
The minister also noted that the government is attentive to social dialogue, noting that its cost today amounts to 45 billion dirhams, which constitutes an “unprecedented” figure.
He added that the government has allocated an envelope of 340 billion dirhams for investment, an envelope of 8.9 billion dirhams for the housing sector and 14 billion dirhams for the development of the employment sector.
