Based on this information, write a new short title in English: KTAMS announced the Hunger limit of May as 31 thousand 504 TL – BRTK

The Turkish Cypriot Public Officers Union (KTAMS) announced that the hunger limit of a family of 4 people as of May 31 is 31 thousand 504 TL.

KTAMS President Güven Bengihan stated that they calculated the dietary pattern necessary for a healthy diet of a family of 4 people from the Department of Hunger Treatment Institutions affiliated to the Ministry of Health and calculated the average of the prices sent by the statistical institution.

Bengihan, in this context for a healthy diet of an adult woman should make compulsory food expenditure per day 272.55 TL, 8 thousand 176.50 TL per month; 283.43 TL per day for an adult male, 8 thousand 502, 90 TL per month; 297,19 TL per day for 15-19 years of age, 8 thousand 915,70 TL per month and 4-6 years of age; Daily 196.98 TL, 5 thousand 909.40 TL monthly determined that the monthly, he said.

Bengihan, a family of four people in order to make healthy, balanced and adequate nutrition of the monthly food expenditure is calculated as 31 thousand 504 TL, he said.

In his statement, Bengihan also included the rates of inflation and cost of life of the Statistical Institute, according to the official figures of the institution, 2.71 percent of inflation occurred in May and five months (January-February-Mart-April-May) total cost of living is 16.15 percent.

“As our union has repeatedly expressed, 2015 = 100 Basic Year Consumer Prices Index, which is used by the Statistical Institute in the calculation of these rates, does not reflect the cost of real life.” Bengihan, who uses his statements, pointed out that the basket should be updated as soon as possible in order to calculate the cost of living considering the social consumption habit.