NEDA to revisit P64/day per person food threshold

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The National Economic and Development Authority will review the P64-a-day per person threshold which has drawn flak from the public.

De Venecia, speaking during the interpellation for the 2025 proposed budget of DTI, added that the budget is also for food prepared at home and not for buying food at restaurants, fast food, and eateries. “What is important is that NEDA already committed to revisit the methodology they used,” De Venecia, quoted by GMA News, said.

The Philippine Statistics Authority earlier admitted that the P64 “food poor” threshold was insufficient to meet nutritional or dietary requirements in a day.

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