In a technical workshop held this week, the Government of Iraq and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) will discuss the potential introduction of electronic food vouchers in the Iraqi Public Distribution System (PDS). They will be joined by financial payments experts from MasterCard, the leading global technology and payments company, which, under a global […]
By Hassan Latif al-Zubaidi. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. It’s not the first time the Iraqi government has tried to abolish the ration card system. And it won’t be the last. Kufa University’s Hassan […]
Iraq's trade ministry has cancelled direct cash purchases of essential food items, such as sugar, wheat and rice, in a move to help prevent corruption, according to a report from Reuters. The change was announced as a 100-day target set by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to improve his fragile coalition government's performance in the face […]
The Planning and Cooperation Development ministry stated on Tuesday that the ration card file will be completely managed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs instead of the Trade ministry in early 2014, indicating that the file is affecting Iraq economically and hindering the conclusion of international conventions. Mahdi al-Allak, the Undersecretary of the […]
Iraq’s Ambassador to the UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), Hassan al-Janaby, has stated in Rome on Saturday that the prices of foodstuffs were increasing and all reports are indicating that the world is facing a very embarrasing situation, threatening to unleash a major hunger wave, but he said Iraq was able to satisfy the […]
The ration card system has to be reviewed, Iraqi Trade Minister Safaal-Din al-Safi said on Sunday. “We are being unjust to the poor when we give them the same share as rich people,” al-Safi said in a release issued by his ministry and received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that the ration card […]
