By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Jan 5: The RM100 Bantuan Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (SARA) aid will be credited to all adult citizens aged 18 and above beginning Feb 9 for Ramadan and Chinese New Year preparations.
This was said by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during his speech at a special monthly address in Putrajaya today, as reported by The Star.
Anwar also added that Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) monthly recipients will receive RM200 in their IC beginning Jan 9.
For the first phase of STR payments, RM500 will be deposited into the bank accounts of eligible recipients.
“Last year, 69 per cent of Malaysians used STR, and that was nearly RM2.1 billion,” he said.
The Sara assistance can be used to purchase essential items across 14 product categories at about 4,100 participating outlets nationwide.
Meanwhile, Anwar said the RM150 early schooling assistance will be credited on Jan 13 to students up to Form Six, reminding parents to ensure the funds are spent on their children’s needs.
He added that the allocation for the assistance amounts to about RM800 million.
When tabling Budget 2026 in Oct last year, Anwar had said the early schooling aid would benefit 5.2 million pupils from Primary One to Form Five in government schools. — DayakDaily
