Kuwait City: The step to lower exceptional pensions aims at achieving social justice and ensuring equity especially for those under article 80 of the social securities law, said the government on Saturday.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the cabinet indicated that the step took into consideration all aspects connected with preventing budget waste and also achieve equity in spending specifically for those falling under article 80. It also allowed the government to allocate exceptional pensions with large sums of money to specific and limited cases, the government added.
Abusing this special article led to high expenditure, which affected the public treasury and led to inconsistency amongst beneficiaries, the government pointed out, adding that this mismanagement needed to be evaluated due to its heavy impact.
The government asserted that canceling article 80 altogether was not a viable option due to its grave impact on social welfare.