Sudan to Make Massive Cut on Gov't Spending 

The Sudanese cabinet said on Saturday that Sudan will cut its government spending after completing a raft of rapid economic reforms this month to relief  pressure on the majority of the population and increase social spending, increasing social spending, the cabinet said on Saturday.

Sudan eliminated its full subsidies on gasoline and diesel earlier this month, and in February it devalued its currency and launched a managed floating policy.

Last week, Sudan scrapped the customs exchange rate, which is used to calculate import duties, as a final step in devaluing the currency.

On Saturday, the Cabinet said that the state will reduce the costs of foreign official trips by 50%, reduce fuel quotas for government vehicles by 20%, sell all surplus government vehicles, and reduce embassies budgets by 25%.

It added that the government will expand the registration of the family support project called "Thamarat" to include three million families or about 15 million people within two months.

The new measures include increasing the budget of another program aimed at providing cheap food commodities from two billion Sudanese pounds to 10 billion pounds. The government will also pay a monthly grant of 10 billion pounds to all state workers, starting from July 1.