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Prime Minister Tan Sri Mahiaddin Md Yasin today announced the RM150 billion Rakyat Protection and Economic Recovery Package (PEMULIH) as Malaysia continues to remain in lockdown under Phase 1 of the National Recovery Plan.

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The total value of the PEMULIH package is RM 150 billion ringgit and includes the government’s direct fiscal injection of 10 billion ringgit.

PEMULIH has three main focuses: continuing the People’s Concern Agenda (Agenda Prihatin Rakyat), supporting businesses, and improving vaccination rates .

Continuing the Agenda Prihatin Rakyat

Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat or BPR.

The government has agreed to pay in additional to the BPR, up to RM500, in July and the payment will made in stages starting tomorrow (29 June).

The third phase of the BPR will include assistance ranging from RM 100 to RM 1,400, and will be paid in September.

September will also involve payment for BPR appeal cases.

Covid-19 Special Assistance

Households in the hardcore poor category will receive assistance of RM 500 ringgit in August, RM500 ringgit in, and RM300 December, while single individuals in the hardcore poor category will receive assistance as much as RM 200 ringgit in August and RM300 in November.

Households in the B40 category will receive as much as RM500 ringgit in August and RM300 in December, while singles in the B40 category will receive assistance of RM200 in August.

Households in the M40 category will receive RM250, while singles in the M40 category will receive RM100 in August.

Income Loss Assistance

In October, as much as RM500 will be channeled to workers who lost their income based on EPF or SOCSO data in 2021.

The Government will also expand the Job Seeker Allowance to non-SOCSO contributors especially new graduates, school leavers, and informal sector workers. They can register at the MYFutureJobs platform and will receive an allowance of at least RM300.

The government will allocate RM125 million through HRD Corp. to implement the Place and Train initiative under the Janapreneur programme especially to school leavers and graduates. 

MDEC will also improve the existing programs, namely eRezeki and GLOW for helping over 20,000 job seekers in the gig economy.

The government will allocate RM300,000 to each Member of Parliament to implement a Food Basket Assistance programme to help affected groups in their in their respective areas.

Additionally, RM10 million will be provided for the purpose of implementing a special Food Basket Assistance programme for the Orang Asli.

Retail prices for RON95 petrol, diesel, and LPG, will remain.

To address the issue of the increasing prices of 1 kilogram to 5 kilogram bottled cooking oil,  the government will implement a Price Control program based on the threshold value of Crude Palm Oil.

To ensure the supply of 1 kilograms polybag pack cooking oil guaranteed, the government will provide an additional allocation of RM1 billion. This will fix the price of a 1 kilogram polybag pack of cooking oil at a subsidized price of RM2.50.

The government will expand psychosocial support through channels such as talian kasih.

RM15 million will be allocated to non-governmental organizations or NGOs to assist the government in addressing social issues such as mental health, homelessness, and other social problems at the community level.

A 5% to 40% discount on electricity bills will be given according to the use with a maximum limit of 900 kWh a month. 

A discount of 40% will be given to electricity consumption below 200kWh per month and 15% for consumption between 201kWh to 300kWh per month. 

This discount will go into effect for a period of three months beginning with the July 2021 bill.

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