Devdiscourse News Desk| Rome | Italy
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte predicted on Wednesday that his government's "citizens' income" welfare scheme, which opened to applications earlier in the day, would provide a major boost to the country's flagging economy.
"I'm sure it will have a positive impact on domestic demand," Conte told a news conference in Belgrade after meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. The citizens' income, aimed at tackling poverty, will cost state coffers 7.1 billion euros ($8 billion) this year, 7.8 billion in 2020 and 8.0 billion in 2021.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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