According to the information sent by Johor State Minister, 93.86% of Johor families have received 10 kilograms of white rice distributed free of charge by the Johor State Government, and the overall distribution is expected to be completed by June 15.
Johor State Government announced on 14 April that it would launch the Johor National Care Assistance Scheme (Bantuan Kasih Bangsa Johor) or BKBJ for short. Under this scheme, the state government will distribute white rice free of charge to families in Johor, with a total of 903,136 families receiving free white rice.
The Johor Free White Rice Scheme does not require an application and the state government will distribute free white rice based on the data from the database. No matter you belong to the B40 low-income group, the M40 middle-income group or the T20 high-income group, you will receive free white rice distributed by the state government.