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PM: Govt to continue with policies to increase income, purchasing power of B40 group

by moneycompass
September 14, 2021
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KUALA LUMPUR – The government will continue with policies and strategies to increase income and purchasing power of the people, especially the poor households in the B40 group, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said, reported Bernama.

He said the government would also strive to improve their access to basic necessities including education, health and housing.

“…and (the government) will also boost entrepreneurship and access to financial assistance as well as improving social protection,” he said in reply to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PH-Port Dickson) during question time at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

Ismail Sabri said the government had previously provided short-term assistance under eight economic stimulus packages including the Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN), Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) and Phase One of the Special COVID-19 Assistance (BKC) totalling RM24.9 billion which had helped 10.9 million individuals and households.

Also provided were the loan moratorium for over seven million borrowers, RM3.14 billion in electricity bill discount which benefitted 8.8 million individuals and households, RM300,000 to each Member of Parliament to implement the Food Basket programme and the wage subsidy programme to help 300,000 employers and maintain more than 2.7 million jobs.

Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said poverty percentage and gaps could also be reduced when the economic sectors were opened which could provide employment or business opportunities to the people.

He said the short-term assistance provided previously was temporary and could only last for some time.

“For example, when we give one-off cash assistance to micro-entrepreneurs, it could only last for some time…that’s why we have short-, medium- and long-term plans to provide reskilling and upskilling training for them to be able to take available opportunities to increase their income or looking for new sources of income,” he said.

Anwar had wanted to know whether the assistance provided by the government were sufficient in helping the people affected by the pandemic.

To a question from Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (BN-Pontian) on whether the government planned to grant an accrued interest-free moratorium to help tackle household debt problems, Ismail Sabri said the matter would be discussed with the Finance Minister as the government understood the situation faced by the people.

 

Read more: NRP Phase 2: Here’s what individuals can and can’t do in the Klang Valley

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