DSWD: Talks still ongoing over funds for P40-billion food stamps program

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DSWD: Talks still ongoing over funds for P40-billion food stamps program
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The government is still discussing how it will bankroll the implementation of the Marcos administration’s food stamps program, which would require about P40 billion, DSWD Undersecretary Eduardo Punay said.

The government is still discussing how it will bankroll the implementation of the Marcos administration’s food stamps program, which would require about P40 billion, a top official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development said Saturday.

Dubbed as the "Walang Gutom 2027: Food Stamp Program," the project aims to assist targeted households to address involuntary hunger in the country. “We still have discussion with the economic team on how to source this… because of the limited resources that we have,” Punay said.

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