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Budget 2023: RM2.5 bil for Welfare Dept, over 450,000 low-income families to benefit

Eligible households to receive monthly cash aid, says finance minister

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 07 Oct 2022 4:36PM

Budget 2023: RM2.5 bil for Welfare Dept, over 450,000 low-income families to benefit
Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz says the significant increase in aid is in line with the government’s adjustment of the national poverty line income in 2019. – The Vibes file pic, October 7, 2022

by Danial Dzulkifly

KUALA LUMPUR – The government has allotted RM2.5 billion to the Welfare Department under Budget 2023, which will benefit over 450,000 low-income households. 

These households will receive monthly cash aid, announced Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz when tabling the budget today.

This is up from RM1.5 billion allocated in the 2022 federal budget.

Zafrul said the significant increase in aid is in line with the government’s adjustment of the national poverty line income in 2019. 

The cash aid includes monthly payments for the disabled and those facing chronic diseases, to name a few. – The Vibes, October 7, 2022

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