New details subsidy card system have emerged in the local press that indicate that the new system will be more efficient and streamlined, and less friendly to those ineligible to receive subsidies. Under the new system, the government must review the subsidy cards every three years and eliminate those found ineligible. The new system also adds new conditions for eligibility, including mandating that the children of recipients attend 80% of their classes in a school year and making sure they receive regular medical checkups until the age of six. Consumption of electricity and mobile phone calls will be among the criteria for determining eligible families. These conditions will apparently apply to all cash subsidy programs, including Takaful and Karama, which will all be unified under a single umbrella.
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