KLANG, June 9 – Those whose applications for diesel subsidies had been approved by June 3 will be receiving their payments on Monday (June 10), says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.
The Finance Minister II said the first batch of 30,000 people would receive the RM200 subsidy under the Budi Madani programme on Monday.
He said the RM200 subsidy, which will be made monthly, would be sufficient to cover the diffrence in diesel cost from the current price to the price after the impending price hike.
“We have seen our study and data from the National Statistics Department that the amount is sufficient to cover the cost.
“It does not mean that the recipients are getting free diesel, we are merely helping to cover the difference between the current and new prices,” said Amir.
Earlier, Amir and Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu had a closed door meeting with about 150 small scale farmers at the Klang district Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) here.
Amir also said the RM200 was not a one-off payment but a monthly diesel subsidy payment.
