Eco point extension included in economic measures, eco car subsidy aborted

Following a sharp slowdown in the economy,The government is considering extending the eco points that are scheduled to be closed in December this yearWe announced on August 17, but we decided to incorporate it as an economic measure.

In addition, we will provide "Eco car subsidies"Will be cut off.

Details are as below.
Government: Including extension of eco point - Basic policy decisions on economic measures (Update 2 - Bloomberg.co.jp

Additional economic measures: Government decides basic policy 5 pillars of employment, consumption etc. pillar - every day jp (Mainichi Shimbun)

Decide basic policy on eco point extension for home appliances, prime minister "If necessary corrections": Nihon Keizai Shimbun

According to reports by Bloomberg, Mainichi Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the government decided the basic policy of additional economic measures based on employment measures and expanding expenditure at the Ministerial Committee on Economic Relations held on the 30th That's right.

The five additional areas of employment, investment, consumption, local disaster prevention measures, regulation and institutional reform are pillars of additional economic measures, and the remaining about 920 billion yen of "respond to the economic crisis and regional activation reserve" is utilized as a financial source. We are aiming for the Cabinet decision on 10th September, and home electronics and housing eco points will be extended as consumption promotion measures.

Incidentally,Eco car subsidies that were expected to be extended at the review stageAlthough it is said that it will be closed at the end of September as planned,Currently rushing applications are rushing and the possibility that it will be finished after September 20 due to the budget is increasingThat's right.

Even though it seems that the demand for replacement of TV is expected to continue to constantly continue to occur in the future as the full transition to terrestrial digital broadcasting will be carried out on July 24, 2011, we will extend the eco point which will be terminated in December this year Although it seems to be a reasonable economic measure, what kind of condition will ultimately become?

When the eco point was extended in April this year, as a condition of paymentAs the demand for higher energy-saving performance became required, the target model was decreasing than beforeHowever, I am wondering if there is a possibility that higher energy saving performance will be required.