Applications for STR assistance will be available as early as November and will be open year-round.
Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced when presenting the budget that applications for the STR assistance will be open as early as November, and unlike previous years, applications for the STR assistance will be open year-round starting from this year. Instead of only opening applications once a year.
The amount of STR assistance distributed has increased from the previous maximum of RM3,100 to the maximum of RM3,700, and the number of beneficiaries has also increased from the previous 8.7 million to 9 million. That is, about 60% of the adult population can receive STR assistance. gold.
Although Anwar did not specify the amount of assistance each group will receive in the budget, it should be similar to the amount distributed this year.
The only difference is that the extremely poor previously received RM600 of SARA basic charity assistance, but this year they can receive RM1,200 of SARA. Another is that the assistance available to single people will be increased from RM350 to RM500.
In addition, the government will continue to distribute back-to-school aid to primary and secondary school students.
