OCT 25 — The Malaysian government’s 2025 Budget announcement represents a positive step forward in addressing the welfare needs of the nation. The allocation of RM13 billion...
Cops to haul up organisers over China flags waved at Teluk Intan event, aide says minister Nga wasn’t thereOCT 25 — The Malaysian government’s 2025 Budget announcement represents a positive step forward in addressing the welfare needs of the nation.
A life-cycle approach of social protection provides basic protection to citizens from the cradle to the grave, by recognising the different vulnerabilities faced by individuals in different stages of life such as childhood, maternity, old age, and the risks of disability and orphanhood. For instance, despite BR1M’s large coverage of 63.2 per cent of the population in 2018, there was a high exclusion error of 33 per cent for households living in extreme poverty with a monthly income below RM1,000 .
Despite the increase announced in Budget 2025, Malaysia’s expenditure on social assistance as a percentage of GDP is still lower than both the regional average and the average for its income group. Khazanah Research Institute in 2021 calculated that if the then PLI of RM2,208 is raised to the relative poverty line by only RM728, poverty would jump up from 5.6 per cent to 16.9 per cent , implying that around 800,000 households that live just above the PLI are prone to poverty.
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