In response to the rise in prices due to the situation in Ukraine, the government plans on the 26th to decide on emergency measures including expansion of subsidies for oil wholesale companies and payment of benefits to low-income child-rearing households.
Prime Minister Kishida will hold a press conference on the 26th to explain the measures for the new corona during the Golden Week holidays.
The government plans to hold a ministerial meeting on the 26th to decide on emergency measures in light of rising prices.
Among them, as a response to the soaring crude oil price,
▽ the price restraint standard of about 172 yen per liter of gasoline was lowered to 168 yen, and
▽ the subsidy to the oil wholesale company was expanded and the subsidy amount was increased. The upper limit of gasoline will be raised from 25 yen to 35 yen, and a system will be set up to support half of the excess even if the price rises further.
In addition, as a support measure for people in need of living,
▽ 50,000 yen per child will be paid to child-rearing households exempt from residence tax and single-parent households to which child-rearing allowance is paid. ..
In addition, as a support measure for small and medium-sized enterprises affected by rising raw material prices,
the deadline for virtually interest-free and unsecured loans and crisis response loans provided by government-affiliated financial institutions to companies affected by the new Corona has been so far. It is said that it will be extended from the end of June to the end of September.
For this emergency measure, the government plans to spend about 1.5 trillion yen from the reserve fund of this year's budget and to formulate a supplementary budget of 2.7 trillion yen.
Prime Minister Kishida will hold a press conference on the night of the 26th to explain the contents of such emergency measures and announce a policy to carry out free inspections at major stations and airports nationwide as a measure against the new corona during the Golden Week holidays. ..