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Gov't eyes 6 tril. yen stimulus plan for information technology+
TOKYO, March 1 Kyodo -
The government and the ruling coalition are drawing up a 6 trillion yen
information technology-related fiscal stimulus plan, including a subsidy to
citizens who opt to replace their home electronics appliances with new models
with advanced energy-saving capabilities, sources close to the matter said
Saturday.
The three-year plan calls for paying 5,000 yen for every single purchase of new
energy-efficient home electronics appliance such as air conditioners and
refrigerators with low electricity consumption, the sources said.
The program, which will also call for subsidizing 10,000 yen for every purchase
of antennas for receiving terrestrial digital television broadcasts, is
designed to encourage consumers to spend more on such electronics to help spur
the flagging Japanese economy, they said.
It also calls for sending online to elementary and junior high school pupils in
mountainous districts and remote islands Internet content for increasing their
knowledge of foreign languages and various academic subjects to prepare them
for entrance exams for higher educational institutions.
The details of the 6-trillion-yen IT-related fiscal stimulus plan will be
determined around late March following discussions by a council of outside
experts advising Prime Minister Taro Aso.
The envisioned IT-related fiscal program will constitute part of a larger
fiscal policy package the ruling coalition is drawing up.
Some legislators have proposed that the government boost the size of fiscal
expenditures under the larger package to 20 trillion yen or more.
The IT plan will make up a core of the large fiscal package. The IT plan will
be financed by the envisioned supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 and
subsequent budgetary measures for the three-year period through the end of
fiscal 2011, they said.
The plan also envisions setting up easy-to-use Internet access terminals at
shopping areas and public facilities to enable the elderly and jobless to
obtain information related to government-run pension plans and medical services
more easily, they added.
==Kyodo
2009-03-01 21:04:07
The government and the ruling coalition are drawing up a 6 trillion yen
information technology-related fiscal stimulus plan, including a subsidy to
citizens who opt to replace their home electronics appliances with new models
with advanced energy-saving capabilities, sources close to the matter said
Saturday.
The three-year plan calls for paying 5,000 yen for every single purchase of new
energy-efficient home electronics appliance such as air conditioners and
refrigerators with low electricity consumption, the sources said.
The program, which will also call for subsidizing 10,000 yen for every purchase
of antennas for receiving terrestrial digital television broadcasts, is
designed to encourage consumers to spend more on such electronics to help spur
the flagging Japanese economy, they said.
It also calls for sending online to elementary and junior high school pupils in
mountainous districts and remote islands Internet content for increasing their
knowledge of foreign languages and various academic subjects to prepare them
for entrance exams for higher educational institutions.
The details of the 6-trillion-yen IT-related fiscal stimulus plan will be
determined around late March following discussions by a council of outside
experts advising Prime Minister Taro Aso.
The envisioned IT-related fiscal program will constitute part of a larger
fiscal policy package the ruling coalition is drawing up.
Some legislators have proposed that the government boost the size of fiscal
expenditures under the larger package to 20 trillion yen or more.
The IT plan will make up a core of the large fiscal package. The IT plan will
be financed by the envisioned supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 and
subsequent budgetary measures for the three-year period through the end of
fiscal 2011, they said.
The plan also envisions setting up easy-to-use Internet access terminals at
shopping areas and public facilities to enable the elderly and jobless to
obtain information related to government-run pension plans and medical services
more easily, they added.
==Kyodo
2009-03-01 21:04:07
