Those who managed to send their request forms until yesterday will have a gas bill decreased by the subvention in February. The 99% of the already considered, nearly 1 million requests was found justified, and 25% of the forms was defective: they need still another round of correspondence. The ministry counts on about 2 million requests altogether in 2007. The Central Statistics Office (KSH)’s figures based on income data show that 80% of the 4.1 million households would be eligible for the subsidy, including the ones without any gas supply. Since 2.7 people constitute a household, the over 2 million households equals 5.4 million people. A net Ft 100 billion can be allocated in the budget for gas subsidy, said Labor Minister Péter Kiss earlier. (Napi Gazdaság)
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