The Ministerial Council headed by the King approves the use of Tamazight in various fields of national life
The Ministerial Council, meeting on Tuesday evening, October 18, chaired by King Mohammed VI, was devoted to deliberating the general directions of the draft finance law for the year 2023, on the use of the Amazigh language in various areas of national life.
The Minister of Economy and Finance gave a presentation to His Majesty the King on the outlines of the draft finance law for the year 2023, according to a statement by the official spokesman for the Royal Palace, Abdelhak El Marini.
The Minister emphasized that this project was prepared in an unstable international context, and the resulting inflation and disruptions in production chains.
The general directions of the Finance Bill 2023 are based on four main axes:
• First: Consolidating the pillars of the social state: by downloading the various components of the royal workshops to generalize social protection, especially completing the generalization of compulsory health coverage for all social groups, and the gradual generalization of family compensation, through a new approach to direct targeting of vulnerable groups, based on the implementation of the unified social registry, And speeding up its circulation to all regions of the Kingdom.
In parallel, the rehabilitation of the national health system will continue, by increasing the funds allocated to the health and social protection sector.
The road map related to reforming the education and training system, encouraging full participation of women in all economic fields, safeguarding their rights, and working to integrate people with disabilities will also be activated.
Given the importance of facilitating access to housing and ensuring decent living conditions, direct support has been approved by the state in this area, for the benefit of the target groups.
• Second: Reviving the national economy through investment support: by downloading the new investment charter, and implementing the obligations established within the framework of industrial investment projects.
In implementation of the royal instructions, the Mohammed VI Investment Fund will be activated and a new dynamism will be given to public investment, by directing it to infrastructure projects and ambitious sectoral strategies, in a way that enhances the competitiveness of the national product and strengthens national sovereignty at the food, health and energy levels.
Given the role of the tax system in raising the current economic challenges, and achieving the desired goals in the field of reviving the economy, the requirements of the law-framework related to tax reform will be activated, allowing clarity of vision for economic actors, through a comprehensive reform of the corporate tax, as well as the banking and insurance sectors, in parallel Alleviating tax pressure on middle-class wage earners and retirees.
• Third: the consolidation of spatial justice: by continuing to download advanced regionalization, and a program to reduce spatial and social differences.
The administration will also be accelerated by simplifying procedures and launching a new national strategy for digital transition, in addition to continuing efforts in the field of administrative decentralization and the use of the Amazigh language in various areas of national life.
Fourth: Restoring financial margins in order to ensure the sustainability of reforms: by mobilizing all available financial resources, through tight collection of levies, adopting innovative financing mechanisms, ensuring the rationalization of the administration's running expenses, activating the reform related to public deals, the regulatory law of the finance law, and re-evaluating the portfolio. public and improve its performance.
The minister indicated that this project is based on assumptions that set the growth rate at 4%, the inflation rate at 2%, and the budget deficit at 4.5% of the gross domestic product.
The Ministerial Council approved the general directions of the draft finance law for the year 2023.
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