CAIRO – The Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) has denied news about a decision to stop the issuance of replacements of damaged or lost ration cards.
The IDSC, in a statement Sunday, said it had contacted the Supply Ministry, which dismissed the news as baseless.
The Ministry would rather extend the period to go through requests to issue such replacements, it explained, adding that this should take between four to six weeks.
This is done to guarantee subsidy is offered to people who really deserve it, the Ministry stressed.
The IDSC urged all media outlets to verify any information from bodies concerned so as not to circulate false news that could very well cause confusion among citizens.
