Beijing plans to hand out $6 a month to low-income families to help offset the cost of food. The amount will just about buy 2 Big Macs.
, citing the administrator of the program, Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform.
The handouts are slated to start at the end of February and are expected to be granted to over 300,000 people, per Xinhua. The disbursements appear to be a temporary measure, the news outlet reported. — is too low. "40...is it even enough to cover the transport fare required to collect the money?" asked one user on the microblogging site Weibo who was commenting on a local media"Is it enough for one meal in Beijing?" asked another in response to the same explainer.
Several users said the subsidy should be 40 yuan a day instead of a month, which would translate to roughly 1,200 yuan — or about $175 — a month. said it's a good start that should be emulated by other local governments.
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