Despite the Egyptian government’s announcement that its expected budget will be dominated by “austerity” due to the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian war and the decision to increase the interest rate domestically; the country has taken several urgent measures to speed up social protection for its citizens.
These measures include the early approval of a relative increase in the salaries of employees, as well as the continuation of providing aid to poor villages as part of the “Dignified Life” initiative.
Two days ago, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi signed a law to “accelerate the due date of periodic bonuses and grant a special allowance to those who are not addressed by the civil service law, increase the additional incentive for state workers.
The newly issued law includes a special grant for workers in public sector companies and the public business sector, and increases in civil and military pensions, to become the first From April 2022, while the increases were paid in July of each year.