PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reminded all parties not to belittle the RM100 additional cash aid for Malaysian citizens aged 18 and above under the Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) programme.
The Prime Minister said that while the amount may seem small to high-income earners, it means a lot to rural communities and low-income groups.
“(Critics say) it’s just RM100, but you’re earning RM40,000 or RM20,000 a month. Of course, RM100 means nothing to you, but I know its value when we go to the villages,” Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said during the Finance Ministry’s assembly here Thursday (July 24).
He also explained that for a poor household with two adult children and a married couple, the cash assistance would total RM400, and when combined with the existing Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah, the amount could increase to as much as RM700.
“…so don’t trivialise these efforts, because this is what we (the government) can do to add to the existing allocation, from RM13bil to RM15bil,” Anwar said. – Bernama
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