National Credit Network

The National Credit Network is an Iranian food, staple and other goods coupon ration program established by the government of Iran in June 2023.^[1][2]

Electronic coupon program
Type of project	Mobile payment, Shopping app
Ministry	Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare
Website	shoma.sfara.ir

Grocery stores, wholesalers, and supermarkets can register to sell eligible products, while purchases made in a few national chain stores (such as Refah) may be covered by coupons.^[3]

The program was a failure. It failed in providing better priced nutrition to poor people population shopping.^[4]

February 2024 Iranian government celebrated its 45th years since its establishment with 220.000 toman to 330.000 ($5) toman electronic 11 essentil food item coupons for a week which lengthy queues in grocery markets.^[5][6]

Phases

Payments for subsidized goods are made through each eligible family's monthly subsidy payment. There is an app available for families of social class tiers 1 - tier 3 (families in tiers 4 to 9 are excluded.) Families are paid 300,000 toman ($6) and can use their next month's subsidy pay too as credit, they get 80,000 extra monthly if they buy select products.^[7]

Couponed product	Standard monthly consumption
Dairy (Milk low fat bottle) 1 liter	3 kg
Dairy (Chesse ultrafat) 400 grams	0.40 kg
Egg	1 kg
Chicken meat	2 kg
Cooking oil 810 grams	0.81 kg
Macaroni /pasta 700 grams	0.7 kg
Rice	2 kg
Dairy (Yogurt high fat) 2.5 kg	2.5 kg
Sugar / sugarcube	0.5 kg
Cow meat	1 kg
Beans. Vegetables and Legumes	1.20 kg
(Future coupons could include baby diapers, cleaning and washing products)[8]
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Phase 2 might include another 25 million of the population.^[10]

The app covers members of Islamic republic military, Behzisti (Disability support organization ) Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation.^[11]

References

1. "وزارت کار خبر داد: گسترش اقتصاد کوپنی در ایران". صدای آمریکا (in Persian). 2023-06-27. Archived from the original on 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
2. "شبکه پرداخت کشور به سامانه طرح کالابرگ الکترونیک متصل می‌شود". اعتمادآنلاین (in Persian). 2023-06-28. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
3. "پاسخ همه سوال‌ها درباره طرح کالابرگ الکترونیک؛ از اسامی فروشگاه‌ها تا نحوه شکایت از گرانفروشان". اعتمادآنلاین (in Persian). 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
4. https://www.etemadonline.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-22/627019-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C
5. "بررسی ابهامات طرح یارانه کالابرگ 22 بهمن| سردرگرمی مردم از نحوه توزیع یارانه کالابرگ و خرید اقلام". 15 February 2024.
6. "سهمیه هر فرد از ۱۱ خوراکی سبد غذایی کالابرگ الکترونیک اعلام شد - ایسنا".
7. "نرخ کالاها در طرح کالابرگ الکترونیک بر اساس قیمت اردیبهشت ۱۴۰۱ است". www.irna.ir. 21 June 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-06-24. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
8. "سبد سلامت به طرح کالابرگ اضافه می‌شود". ایران آنلاین (in Persian). 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
9. "اجرای بی‌سروصدای کالابرگ الکترونیک در کل کشور- اخبار اقتصاد ایران - اخبار اقتصادی تسنیم | Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-07-28.
10. https://shoma.sfara.ir/%d8%b7%d8%b1%d8%ad-%da%a9%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b1%da%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%da%a9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%86%db%8c%da%a9%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%b3%d8%aa%da%af%d8%a7%d9%87-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%85/
11. https://shoma.sfara.ir/%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b2%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%b4-%da%86%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%ae%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%87%d8%a7-%d8%a7/