UAE President orders subsidies in electricity tariffs in northern regions to support all farm owners

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, ordered on Friday to expand the scope of electricity tariff subsidies in the northern regions of the country to include all farm owners.

This is within the framework of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed’s keenness to support the citizen farmers and the agricultural sector in the country and to enhance their efforts to achieve food security.

In May, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed ordered the Ministry of Community Development — in cooperation with the Union Water and Electricity Company — to support citizens who own farms with limited income to reduce the financial burden related to the electricity tariff for those registered within the company.

The Ministry of Community Development and the Union Water and Electricity Company stated that the subsidy will be applied from July 2023 through a direct deduction from the monthly electricity consumption bill.

The support of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan comes within the framework of the leadership's initiatives and its keenness to empower the people of the country, provide them with a decent life, and improve the services provided to the low-income category of citizens of the United Arab Emirates.