Budget 2025 raises cost of living aid for non-pensionable veterans to RM500

KUALA LUMPUR: The cost of living aid for non-pensionable Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) veterans has been increased to RM500 from RM300 under Budget 2025.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the Finance Minister, announced this when tabling Budget 2025, adding that the government had agreed to extend the special appreciation payment for pensioners and recipients of the derivative pension from January to December 2025.