Easier: The decision to remove conditions on i-Sinar eligibility was taken into consideration after public feedback.
PETALING JAYA: The move to relax the i-Sinar withdrawal facility will bring much relief to those working in sectors hardest hit by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, say economic analysts.
“This is a wise move. When the original requirement was stipulated, we could not have guessed that a second round of the movement control order (MCO) was implemented, ” said Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) University vice-chancellor and economist Prof Datuk Dr John Antony Xavier.
On Thursday, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Aziz said the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is working towards removing all conditions for the i-Sinar withdrawal facility.