KUALA LUMPUR – The federal government is allocating RM210 million under its annual grant to Melaka next year, said Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.
He said RM574 million had been allocated under the development expenditure to fund 171 development projects in the state.
“Of these 171 projects approved for Melaka, 39 are new projects approved for next year involving an allocation of RM51.8 million,” he said during the Ministers’ Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat today.
He was replying to a question from Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (Pontian-BN), who wanted a list of allocations and assistance given to the people and government of Melaka this year and under Budget 2022, as well as allocations from the federal government for next year.
Meanwhile, Tengku Zafrul said this year, the Melaka government had received RM534 million under the Estimated Melaka State Development Expenditure involving 161 projects, and an allocation amounting to RM205 million under the federal government grant to the state government.
“The total allocation provided under the economic stimulus packages, development allocation, and federal government grant to Melaka this year is estimated to be RM1.5 billion,” he said.
Apart from that, he said the people of Melaka will continue to receive cash assistance with an estimated allocation of over RM300 million that would benefit nearly 300,000 recipients through monthly social welfare assistance, as well as the Bantuan Keluarga Malaysia scheme. – Bernama, November 18, 2021
