Pemerkasa: Rakyat's welfare at the forefront, says PM


PUTRAJAYA: The government will continue to protect the people’s welfare in the face of challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, with initiatives to be rolled out under Program Strategik Memperkasa Rakyat and Ekonomi (Pemerkasa) focusing on vulnerable groups, the disabled and those who have lost their jobs.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said an allocation of RM1.2bil had been set aside to benefit 2.4 million recipients including a RM500 one-off payment to those in the B40 group who had lost their source of income.

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