(MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN â Lawmakers on Tuesday continued deliberations over the 2021 state budget law and budgets of independent public institutions.
During the Lower House session, headed by Speaker Abdulmunim Oddat, MP Firas Qudah said that the 2.5 per cent growth rate mentioned in the budget is exaggerated , criticising the government s reliance on the sales tax and high share of pensions and general debt that both combined comprise some 30 per cent of the budget.
Deputy Zeid Otoum said that the difficult financial situation in the Kingdom is a result of successive governments failure to implement a fiscal policy instead of only relying on taxes and citizens pockets , the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
New single-day Covid-19 infections eased considerably on Wednesday, compared with the previous day, with 755 reported over the past 24-hour period, down from 1,121 on Tuesday.
The relief by Justice P.D. Naik came in her plea against a non-bailable arrest warrant issued against her and another activist Shantanu Muluk, by Delhi s Tis Hazari Court.The