Budget 2023: Felda rubber smallholders also eligible for RM800 monsoon aid, says PM


JEMPOL: The Monsoon Season Aid (BMT) of RM800 for rubber smallholders announced in Budget 2023 will also be extended to Felda farmers throughout the country, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic).

He said to make Felda farmers eligible for the aid, which was increased from RM600, the policy of limiting it to rubber smallholders with land holdings of up to five acres (2.02 hectares) would be amended to 10 acres (4.05 hectares) and below.

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