The Bantuan Prihatin Nasional 2.0 new applications and appeals are currently being processed, and approved payments will be made in January 2021, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
“All appeals will go through a cross-checking process between the Inland Revenue Board and the local authorities, and the results will be announced in the near future,“ he said in his presentation on the 34th LAKSANA report, the last report for 2020, via his Facebook page today. “For example, the increase in Bantuan Prihatin Nasional from RM11.5 billion to RM18 billion, the Prihatin Special Grant from RM1.64 billion to RM2.55 billion, electricity bill subsidy to more than RM2 billion, wage subsidy programme from the initial RM10 billion to over RM17 billion and many more -- all of these, among other things, are the result of continuous monitoring and feedback received from the people and businesses,“ he said.
“As for the PENJANA package, short-term assistance has reached a 76 per cent distribution rate, followed by between 77 per cent to 90 per cent for medium and long-term assistance,“ he said. Besides various programmes for vulnerable groups, SMEs and micro enterprises, as well as part-time workers who are in need of financing has also been planned under Budget 2021.
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