By virtue of the high import dependence, access to concessional food imports is extremely important for many NE countries to supplement their domestic supplies.
Under the measure, those with superannuation balances of $500,000 or less would be allowed to access their unused concessional cap to make additional concessional (before tax) contributions.
She said the concessional loans were difficult to access, convoluted and most people required their accountant or rural financial counsellor to complete them.
These brewers are predominantly small businesses and could benefit both from the increase to the excise refund cap and extended access to the concessional draught beer excise rate," Morrison explained.
Ironically, multilateral agencies have included a vulnerability criterion to prevent premature graduation from IDA and PRGT facilities; however they have not applied the vulnerability criterion to determine eligibility for access to the same concessional resources.
Unlike the long gestation of benefit sharing from poles or timber in West Bengal and other states, Hill Resource Management Societies become the forest department's effective partners in forest resource management almost immediately by obtaining priority access to annual fodder and Bharbur grass (Eulaliopsis binata) leases at concessional prices.
The ministry of agrarian development (MDA), a supporter of the family farm sector, has drawn on Brazil's More Food programme, focusing on improving farmers' access to equipment, machinery and agricultural technologies, including tractors, through the provision of concessional credit.
The first "loophole" is the ability to make catch-up concessional contributions, which would mean that if individuals do not reach their $100,000 cap in any given year they can access their "unused" cap space on a rolling five-year basis.
People who are registered with the NDSS can access a range of products including blood and urine testing strips, syringes, needles and insulin pump consumables at a concessional price.
