Electronic coupon program | |
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Type of project | Mobile payment, Shopping app |
Ministry | Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare |
Website | shoma |
The National Credit Network is an Iranian food, staple and other goods coupon ration program established by the government of Iran in June 2023. [1] [2]
Grocery stores, wholesalers, and supermarkets can register to sell eligible products, while purchases made in a few national chain stores (such as Refah) may be covered by coupons. [3]
The program was a failure. It failed in providing better priced nutrition to poor people population shopping. [4]
Payments for subsidized goods are made through each eligible family's monthly subsidy payment. There is an app available for families of social class tiers 1 - tier 3 (families in tiers 4 to 9 are excluded.) Families are paid 300,000 toman ($6) and can use their next month's subsidy pay too as credit, they get 80,000 extra monthly if they buy select products. [5]
Couponed product | Standard monthly consumption |
Dairy (Milk low fat bottle) 1 liter | 3 kg |
Dairy (Chesse ultrafat) 400 grams | 0.40 kg |
Egg | 1 kg |
Chicken meat | 2 kg |
Cooking oil 810 grams | 0.81 kg |
Macaroni /pasta 700 grams | 0.7 kg |
Rice | 2 kg |
Dairy (Yogurt high fat) 2.5 kg | 2.5 kg |
Sugar / sugarcube | 0.5 kg |
Cow meat | 1 kg |
Beans. Vegetables and Legumes | 1.20 kg |
(Future coupons could include baby diapers, cleaning and washing products) [6] | |
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Phase 2 might include another 25 million of the population. [8]
The app covers members of Islamic republic military, Behzisti (Disability support organization ) Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation. [9]
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