KUALA LUMPUR – The Aidilfitri special financial assistance payment to 3.46 million people will be made on April 17.
Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said the recipients were civil servants, government pensioners, paddy farmers, rubber smallholders, fishermen and volunteers.
The payment involves a financial allocation of RM1.572 billion, he said.
“A total of 1.4 million civil servants Grade 56 and below including contract and MyStep staff will receive RM700. This will involve a financial implication of RM988 million.
“Meanwhile, one million government retirees including non-pensionable veterans will receive RM350 with an implication of RM350 million,” he told reporters after visiting Bank Simpanan Nasional headquarters here today.
Ahmad said a total of 850,000 paddy farmers, rubber smallholders and fishermen would each receive RM200, which would involve a financial allocation of RM170 million.
A total of 213,000 volunteers from the Malaysian Volunteer Corps Department, Civil Defence Force, police force and Fire and Rescue Department would also receive the aid amounting to RM64 million. – Bernama, April 6, 2023
