Kuwait Government Looks At Ways To Reduce Expenditures, Boost Revenues
The Council of Ministers has recently approved recommendations to reduce expenditures and boost revenues through several measures.
The Al-Rai Arabic daily quoting government sources said the most important of these recommendations are:
1- Reducing budget spending by no less than 10 percent.
2 – Reconsidering and raising the cost of government services.
3- Collecting all outstanding government debts.
4- Reducing the cost of treatment abroad by 30 percent and limiting the facility to critical cases.
5 – Reviewing the perks granted to senior officials.
6 – Looking at the possibility of reducing the ‘rewards’ clause.
7- Looking at the possibility of employing more Kuwaitis in government institutions.
8 – Study the disbursement of food supplies to each Kuwaiti.
