Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
(pic) Monday unveiled a RM15 billion aid package to ease the people’s burden and ensure economic resilience at a time when the country is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Muhyiddin said the Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat Malaysia (PERMAI) aid package contains 22 initiatives to combat the pandemic, safeguard the welfare of the people and support business continuity.
“The government has time and again demonstrated that we will not compromise in ensuring the rakyat’s wellbeing, business continuity and economic resilience,” he said when announcing the PERMAI package over national television and social media platforms.
The Finance Ministry will expedite the Bantuan Prihatin Nasional Phase 2 (BPN 2.0) payments totalling RM2.38 billion to the 11.06 million eligible recipients, who comprise 10.6 million BPN recipients and about 460,000 new recipients
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) will expedite Bantuan Prihatin Nasional Phase 2 (BPN 2.0) payments totalling RM2.38 billion to 11.06 million eligible recipients, who comprise 10.6 million BPN recipients and about 460,000 new recipients.
Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said payments to the bottom 40% income group (B40) and M40 would be credited directly into their bank accounts starting from Jan 21 and Jan 25 respectively.
Those without bank accounts would be able to receive payments at Bank Simpanan Nasional branches from Jan 25 onwards subject to the bank’s standard operating procedure (SOP) guidelines, he said in a statement today.
As for recipients in Sabah and Sarawak who do not have a bank account, he said payments would be made from early February to April 1 at locations to be announced at the end of this month.