The Malaysian government is enhancing its 'Sumbangan Asas Rahmah' (SARA) aid program, allocating a record RM13 billion in Budget 2025. This significant increase from last year's RM10 billion will allow for more targeted assistance to eligible households. Recipients will see a boost in their monthly payments, starting with RM100 from January to March 2025, and increasing to RM200 per month from April 2025. The MOF also announced that 5.4 million 'Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah' (STR) recipients, including those not registered in the eKasih database, will receive additional SARA aid from April 2025.
The distribution of the ' Sumbangan Asas Rahmah ' (SARA) aid starting tomorrow will see improvements to the targeted aid resulting from the increase in the Budget 2025 allocations for the SARA and ' Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah ' (STR) assistance to their highest historical level of RM13 billion compared to RM10 billion in 2024. The SARA aid will be increased to RM2,100 in 2025 compared to RM1,200 in 2024 for eligible households recorded in the eKasih system.
'Recipients will receive RM100 monthly via the recipient’s MyKad for January to March 2025, with the amount increasing to RM200 per month from April 2025 onwards,' the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said in a statement today. Additionally, the MOF said that 5.4 million Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) recipients will also receive additional SARA assistance beginning April 2025. The ministry said this comprises 700,000 existing SARA recipients and 4.7 million STR recipients who are not recorded in the eKasih database. 'Senior citizens who are single will receive additional SARA aid of RM50 a month,' the MOF added
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