EghtesadOnline: The budget allocated to cash subsidy payments in the next fiscal year (starting March 21) has increased by 70 trillion rials ($1.55 billion) to reach 300 trillion rials ($6.66 billion) after lawmakers called for a revision of the budget bill, a member of the commission said.

EghtesadOnline: Iranians have been receiving a monthly cash subsidy payment of 450,000 rials ($12.4) since December 2010, which so far amounted to 2.63 trillion rials (over $68.6 billion).