First phase of People's Cash Aid to be disbursed in January says PM

According to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the People's Cash Aid's Phase 1 payment would start in January instead of March 2023.

According to Anwar, the Unity Government has consented to maintain some of the aid programmes previously included in the 2023 Budget. As a result, the help will be increased and paid out sooner.

"The Phase 1 payment involving an allocation of RM2 billion will benefit almost nine million recipients where RM300 will be disbursed to each household and RM100 to single recipients.

"I hope the early disbursement will help alleviate the burden currently faced by the people," he said when tabling the special allocation (mini budget) for service expenditure at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

In addition to providing social welfare support to low-income households, the aged, and the disabled, the government will continue to provide early schooling aid of RM150 to all students in January, regardless of the income cap for their parents.

In the meantime, the government intends to provide an additional RM200 in aid to the group in January to safeguard their well-being during the rainy season.

"So far, the government has already disbursed the monsoon season aid (BMT) for November and December amounting to RM600 to almost 320,000 rubber smallholders," he said.

Another development is that, in response to the flood situation, which was perceived to be more severe than planned, the government would examine proposals to boost allocations for managing disasters and floods.

Anwar stated that the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) had previously received RM400 million in allocations for early preparedness activities in flood areas. He promised that further financial resources would be made available as needed.

He claimed that several government organisations had already prepared their equipment to assist the populace.

Source: Malaymail

Credit picture: Utusan Malaysia

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