KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14: The government expects to start distributing the Asas Rahmah (SARA) contribution monthly totalling to an amount of RM2,100 per year to 700,000 recipients of the poor and the hard-working poor through MyKad starting tomorrow, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.
In the Ministry of Finance press statement, also made available in the prime minister’s Facebook, the statement said an increase in revenue due to financial reforms and hard work, has also enabled the government to increase the aid rate from RM1,200 per month last year to RM2,100 this year.
This improvement to SARA is part of the increased allocation of Budget 2025 for Rahmah Cash Contributions (STR). The distribution will be also a record RM13 billion compared to RM10 billion last year.
— WE