In the current economic situation, people are looking to government aid as a lifeline to help them cope with the rising prices of goods and services. theSun theSundaily Malaysia Budget2023 MalaysiaMADANI government CostOfLivingCrisis
: The unity government’s revised Budget 2023 tabled in Parliament last Friday has proposed, among other things, various forms of aid to assist needy groups to face the challenges posed by the rising cost of living.
The disabled community, former convicts and the homeless and unemployed are set to receive up to RM600 a month for a period of three months. He said in the current economic situation, people are looking to government aid as a lifeline to help them cope with the rising prices of goods and services. This is because each state has its own needs, he said, adding that the current practice of distributing allocations based on the state’s per capita requirements is seen to have several weaknesses.
He explained that under the prevailing “input and output concept”, aid is being channeled to the targeted groups without a long-term plan in place to free them from the clutches of poverty. “Only then will we be able to see the effects of the Outcome and Impact formula. This way, we can reduce their dependence on the ‘fish’ handed out to them by the government as they have already learned to catch fish with their own fishing rod, namely the skills they have been taught,” he said, adding that STR should be credited directly into the recipients’ accounts to avoid any leakage.Loh, meanwhile, described Putrajaya’s decision to slash the development allocation for MPs from RM3.
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