{"id":112828,"date":"2013-03-03T06:46:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T04:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?p=112828"},"modified":"2013-03-03T06:46:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T04:46:41","slug":"kuwaiti-ruler-grants-4-bn-free-food-to-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/kuwaiti-ruler-grants-4-bn-free-food-to-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwaiti ruler grants $4 bn, free food to citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"font:bold 16px 'Times New Roman';line-height:170%;\">.on1 { background-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); }                   <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.news.maktoob.com\/\">News <\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/septit.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.news.maktoob.com\/1\/0\/14\/0\/0\/0\/Allnews.htm\">Politics <\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>             Kuwaiti ruler grants $4 bn, free food to citizens         <\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n                           Jan 17, 2011 at 10:50         <br \/><font color=\"#757575\">Views (33573)<\/font> |              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/addart.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>                                   |                          <a href=\"http:\/\/en.news.maktoob.com\/20090000548696\/0\/PrintPage.htm\">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/print.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>                          |             85             <a href=\"http:\/\/en.news.maktoob.com\/20090000548696\/1\/AllStoryDiscussions.htm\">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/coma.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>                          |                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/sent.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>             |                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/coment.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afp.com\/afpcom\/en\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/providerslogo\/3\/3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">           <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/Rating_Stars.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/Rating_Stars.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/Rating_Stars.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/Rating_Stars.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.makcdn.com\/Business2009\/StaticContent_1\/Style\/images\/Rating_Stars.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>               By AFP         <br \/>\n              KUWAIT CITY &#8211; Kuwait&#8217;s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah on  Monday ordered the distribution of $4 billion and free food for 14  months to citizens as the oil-rich emirate prepares to mark national  occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the 1.12 million native citizens will get  1,000 dinars ($3,572) in cash as well as free essential food items until  March 31, 2012, the KUNA news agency cited state minister for cabinet  affairs Rudhan al-Rudhan as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The Gulf state, whose  financial assets top $300 billion, will next month mark the 50th  anniversary of independence, 20th anniversary of liberation from Iraqi  occupation and the fifth anniversary of the emir&#8217;s ascendance to power.<\/p>\n<p>The  announcement was made following an overnight meeting of the cabinet.  The 2.4 million foreign residents of Kuwait are excluded from the grant  and the free food.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation in Kuwait soared to 5.9 percent in  November, the highest in 20 months on the back of high food prices which  rose by 12.3 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth largest OPEC producer has posted  budget surpluses in each of the past 11 fiscal years, totalling more  than $140 billion, and is also headed for another healthy surplus this  year thanks to rising oil price.<\/p>\n<p>The government has made similar but smaller grants in the past.<\/p>\n<p>The  Gulf Arab state provides a cradle-to-grave welfare system to its  citizens who receive most public services and petrol at heavily  subsidised prices and pay no income tax.<\/p>\n<p>Some 80 percent of  Kuwait&#8217;s 360,000-strong national workforce are employed in government  jobs, where the average monthly wage is more than $3,500<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.news.maktoob.com\/20090000548696\/Kuwaiti_ruler_grants_4_bn_free_food_to_citizens\/Article.htm\">Kuwaiti ruler grants $4 bn, free food to citizens, Kuwait Politics &#8211; Maktoob News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________  __<\/p>\n<p>\u064a\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0647\u0644\u0648\u0646 , \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u064a\u0632\u064a\u062f \u0648\u064a\u0628\u0627\u0631\u0643 \u0627\u0646 \u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0639\u0642\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.on1 { background-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); } News Politics Kuwaiti ruler grants $4 bn, free food to citizens Jan 17, 2011 at 10:50 Views (33573) | | | 85 | | By AFP KUWAIT CITY &#8211; Kuwait&#8217;s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Monday ordered the distribution of $4 billion and free food for 14 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.satfrequencies.com\/invest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}