Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian asked the government to set aside P418 million in electricity subsidy for over four million “lifeline” consumers to help low-income households cope with the country’s worsening inflation. | MRamosINQ /PDI
Gatchalian, chair of the Senate ways and means committee, said providing an additional P1 in state subsidy for every kilowatt-hour consumed by poor families would allow them to buy 7.5 kilos of rice a month.The financial aid, he said, may be sourced from the P5.3-trillion national budget this year. The senator authored Republic Act No. 115521, or the Lifeline Rate Extension Act, which provided state subsidies for lifeline customers, or those who consume less than 100 kWh monthly.
“We’re happy that the law that we proposed was able to help many of our countrymen,” Gatchalian said in a statement.
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