Subsidized or free rice has been instrumental in giving an income, theoretically, to those who would be recorded as having no income at all.

202. People benefiting from income compensation schemes, by category of compensation schemes

In 2002, for example, the income thresholds for the Premium Subsidy program were increased, which made it easier for individuals and families to qualify for premium subsidy.

Beginning from 2002, pregnancy and maternity leave benefits and parental benefits are calculated on the basis of the income that was earned during the previous year and was subject to social tax.

The benefits to development from trade can be realized only through greater market access and reduced subsidies.

The food subsidies cover an important part of the calorie intake of the lowest income groups.

A single person who receives a full income supplement and lives alone without the financial support of others can be entitled to a household supplement

This is the principal means by which low income households receive housing subsidies.

4. Subsidized rice has appreciably contributed to promoting equality in income distribution.

Besides the target subsidy (still functioning in 1993), the Social Insurance Fund received from the State budget a complementary subsidy aimed at balancing expenditures and revenue in the case of insufficient revenue from contributions.

201. A substantial part of the Danish population benefits from a variety of income compensation schemes.

Community based organizations, for example, are no longer able to generate adequate income from fees to subsidize their running costs.

Its main revenue is central budget subsidies (more than 60 per cent of total revenue) and contributions at the rate of 3 per cent of the basis of calculation.

34. Direct subsidies have been the most effective method of redistributing income and diffusing the results of economic growth to the lowest income receivers.

At the beginning of 1978, the Government decided to withdraw the subsidies from those who had satisfactory income levels.

Subsidized rice has appreciably contributed to greater equality in income distribution.

Like unemployment benefits, unemployment assistance partly makes up for the loss of income from work.

Its source of income is derived from subscriptions from member affiliates, subsidies, donations and legacies.

He suggested that if the industrial countries reduced agricultural subsidies and protection by just 30 per cent, developing countries would earn an extra 45 billion a year, whereas the Uruguay Round required a reduction of only 21 per cent in the volume of subsidized exports and still allowed income support for farmers.

236. Low income parents receive a child benefits apos supplement of up to DM 65 per month and per child.

Wage guarantees where a pregnant woman worker apos s transfer to other work results in a reduction in her rate of remuneration, she is entitled to a compensatory allowance at the rate of 100 per cent of remuneration

6.1 States should ensure that they have appropriate water and sanitation pricing policies, including through flexible payment schemes and cross subsidies from high income users to low income users.

In 1978 an income criterion further limited the subsidy to approximately 50 per cent of the population.

The compensatory allowance is payable in the amount of the difference between earnings received before the lowering of capacity for work and earnings received afterwards.

226. These benefits include the family allowance and the nursing allowance, as well as the child care allowance and the care allowance.

Thus, full Child Benefit Supplement is granted to couples with an income of ISK 91,500 or less, and ceases to apply when income reaches ISK 198,000 for single parents, full Child Benefit Supplement applies within the income limit ISK 61,000, and ceases to apply when income reaches ISK 168,200.

People benefiting from an income compensation scheme, by category of recipients

213. Unemployment assistance is financed from the Federal Government apos s tax revenues and supplements unemployment benefits as a subsidiary wage replacement benefit.

(i) Income supplement guarantees supplementation of the old age and invalidity pension to pensioners with little or no income other than the basic pension.

Some elements of cross subsidy between high income and low income consumers may also be considered on social equity grounds.

Hence, in 1972, income criteria were introduced to determine eligibility for participation in the subsidy scheme in order to target the food subsidy to the most needy section of the population.

Tax incentives or subsidies for efficient equipment

Moreover, poor countries lost substantial export income because of agricultural subsidies in the rich countries.

Inadequate rent capture decreases government revenues and acts as a disguised subsidy.

The WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM), permits generic subsidies (available to all industries) and prohibits export subsidies and subsidies contingent on the use of domestic merchandise that are granted to specific sectors.

And what I've found is, rather than investing their money in food subsidies and other things, they invested in a school feeding program.

The payment recognizes the extra costs associated with the birth or adoption of a child, including loss of income while on unpaid maternity leave.

And so more and more walkers have come, and lately she's begun to earn an income to support her family.

For both groups the size of the subsidies is calculated on the basis of the following criteria household income, the size of the rent, the size of the flat.

Income, supplementary funds

Payment of child benefits, child benefit supplement and maternity subsidy

For the lowest income groups, it amounted to a substantial addition to income and also assured the availability of rice on a weekly basis even to those without income because the first measure was available without payment.

LONDON Most rich countries now have millions of working poor people whose jobs do not pay enough to keep them above the poverty line, and whose wages therefore have to be subsidized by the state. These subsidies take the form of tax credits.

Tax revenue can be raised without increasing marginal tax rates by limiting the tax subsidies that are built into the current tax code. Those subsidies are a hidden form of government spending on everything from home mortgages and health insurance to the purchase of hybrid cars and residential solar panels.

The proportion of the different age groups receiving income compensation has been more or less stable throughout the last decade.