Finance Minister, Hon. Peggy Serame has just announced the temporary measures to offset the effects of rising inflation on the general public in Parliament. The measures are as follows:
• 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐀𝐗 (𝐕𝐀𝐓) 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝟏𝟒% 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟐%
• 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐈𝐋 & 𝐋𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐔𝐌 𝐆𝐀𝐒 (𝐋𝐏𝐆) 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐕𝐀𝐓
• 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐌𝐂 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐔𝐏 𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐒
• 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐁𝐘 𝟏𝟖.𝟓%.
These interventions will be reviewed after six months.
These are just some of the ways in which the BDP-led Government by President Dr. Mokgweetsi E. K. Masisi is ensuring the livelihoods of Batswana are protected.
Inflation relief measures
