Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Monday cut
cabinet ministers’ salaries by 20 percent and reduced other state
officials’ benefits in a continuing austerity drive to cope with lower
oil revenues.
The 160 members of the Shura Council,
who include 30 women, will see a 15 percent drop in their annual
allowances for housing, furniture and cars, a royal decree said.
Council members are appointed by the king to advise cabinet.
The decrees which announced the measures did not say how much money would be saved.
Since 2014 global oil prices have collapsed by more than half, leaving Saudi Arabia with a record deficit last year.
