150,000 orange envelopes by Xmas (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, November 30 - Tito Boeri, the head of pensions and social security agency INPS, on Monday said that only 150,000 of the so-called "orange envelopes" containing a simulation of future pension amounts would be sent out by Christmas.
    "We weren't given the authorisation by the ministries to go beyond the spending cap. The spending for mailing has a quota," Boeri said.
    The mailing regards "covered categories" of workers, which doesn't include public-sector employees, and is only for those who don't have a PIN code to access the online pension simulation, Boeri said.
    He said he hopes the budget bill will release the necessary spending in order to send the majority of the remaining orange envelopes immediately following the initial mailing.