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The National Economic and Development Authority will review the P64-a-day per person threshold, which has drawn flak from the public, according to Department of Trade and Industry budget sponsor Pangasinan Rep. Christopher de Venecia.“According to NEDA , they will review the P64 per person per day threshold,” De Venecia said during the interpellation for the 2025 proposed budget of DTI.
READ: How gov't arrived at P64-a-day threshold that keeps one from being ‘food-poor’ During a Senate hearing for the 2025 budget, NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said a monthly food threshold for a family of five is 9,581 pesos, which is equivalent to P64 per person. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas slammed the threshold as unrealistic as it justifies low wages and allows the government to evade its responsibility to provide cash incentives to the poor.
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