BUDGET Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s order authorizing the one-time grant of rice assistance to all military and uniformed personnel (MUP) would not only help the officers and their families but also benefit the local farmers.
Pangandaman hailed the President’s Administrative Order (AO) 26, which provides a uniform quantity of 25 kilograms of rice to all active MUP.
DBM, through Pangandaman, and the Department of Agriculture (DA) recommended the rice assistance grant in recognition of their invaluable contribution to the country, to assist them in coping with the effects of socioeconomic challenges, and to provide economic opportunities for those in the agriculture sector.
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman
The rice assistance will be distributed from December 2024 to March 2025.
The rice will be sourced from local and participating farmers of the Kadiwa program of the DA.
“This program is good because we’re not only helping military and uniformed personnel but also our local farmers,” Pangandaman said in a statement.
AO 26 covers the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail and Management and Penology, Philippine Public Safety College, Bureau of Corrections, Philippine Coast Guard, and National Mapping and Resource Information Authority.
The funding requirement for the grant of the rice assistance will be charged against the contingent fund under Republic Act 11975 or the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024, subject to compliance with relevant laws, rules, and regulations.
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