The Council of Ministers holds its twenty-seventh session and takes a number of decisions, including increasing the allocations of the Ministry of Electricity

Baghdad: Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani chaired today, Tuesday, the twenty-seventh regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which the most important service and economic files were discussed and followed up, especially those related to the implementation of the government program, as well as the items included in the agenda, and the necessary directives and decisions were issued regarding them. During the session, Al-Sudani praised all educational staff on the occasion of the end of the ministerial exams for the final preparatory classes, appreciating their efforts in ensuring the success of the exam process, and he also praised the governmental and private universities and colleges that hosted sixth grade students and provided the necessary facilities to take their exams. The Council of Ministers continued to consider its agenda, approving what was stated in the letter of the Ministry of Interior, dated (June 30, 2024), regarding granting citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council countrie s and Yemen a regular entry visa through official border crossings, for a period of two months, in exchange for paying $ 75, or its equivalent in Iraqi dinars, and that electronic or regular payment be adopted. Based on the directives of the Prime Minister during the second meeting of the Supreme Committee for Coordination between the Council of Ministers and Federations and Unions, to periodically host unions and federations in Cabinet sessions, the Council hosted the Head of the Geologists Syndicate, Saad Obaid, and approved the Syndicate's working paper and the submitted proposals, and allocating an annual grant of (150) million Iraqi dinars to the Geologists Syndicate, to pay the wages of employees and activities of the General Secretariat Office of the Arab Geologists Union. In the field of following up on energy and electricity sector projects, the Council approved increasing the financial allocations for the Ministry of Electricity, on account of the operating budget by (300) billion dinars, to cover its works. / End Source: National Iraqi News Agency