Cabinet members have agreed that 10% of their salaries will be deducted for one time only in Ramadan to be deposited at the account of Social Development Ministry for the poor, according to Petra.

The total of support donated by the ministers and the prime minister becomes 30% of the salary in Ramadan.

The cabinet has decided on volunteer bases to deduce their salaries by 20% starting last March to establish a fund to the poor in Jordan under the condition that this amount is deposited in a specially-established fund for this category.