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The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has unveiled the second initiative as part of a series of initiatives to mark the holy month of Ramadan 2016 under the theme “#Aqal_Min_Al_Wajeb,” the Arabic for “#the_least_we_can _do.”
 
The ministry issued decision number (2) of 2016, which caps the prices of over 400 consumer products starting May 29 until the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
 
The initiative comes within the framework of the ministry’s efforts over the past few years to ease the burden on consumers shopping for goods during the holy month. A list of more than 400 subsidized goods was attached to the decision, which is effective until the end of the holy month of Ramadan. 
 
The list includes basic commodities frequently consumed during the holy month of Ramadan such as flour, sugar, rice, pasta, oil, milk and other food and non-food items.
 
The ministry stressed that it will not tolerate any violations of the Consumer Protection Law and its regulations, and will intensify its inspection campaigns to crackdown on violations. The ministry said it will refer those who violate laws and ministerial decrees to competent authorities, who will in turn take appropriate action against perpetrators in order to protect consumer rights.
 
The ministry urges all consumers to report violations to the Consumer Protection and Anti-Commercial Fraud department through the following channels:
 
– Call Centre: 16001
– Email: info@mec.gov.qa
– The accounts of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce on social networks
– Twitter MEC_QATAR
– Instagram MEC_QATAR
– The application of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce on iPhone and Android devices MEC_QATAR
 
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce had unveiled a variety of initiatives to mark the holy month of Ramadan 2016.
 
These initiatives come within the framework of the ministry’s efforts to provide community-oriented services, designed to cover all aspects of the ministry’s activities in terms of organization, partnership and support. These initiatives include sheep subsidies and price reductions on consumer goods in addition to the organization of a number of awareness forums and campaigns on trade in Islam and “Halal livelihood” program on the ministry’s YouTube channel.
 
The ministry will also launch the discounted consumer goods initiative, Al Baraka corporate social responsibility program, the “Iktisadi” bank card campaign as well as several other campaigns to boost the productivity of bakeries and regulate the sale of gold and jewelry.