Malaysia: Subsidy of general purpose wheat flour is transferred to the Payung Rahmah program

Published 2024년 3월 25일

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The Malaysian government has redirected a RM40 million subsidy initially intended for general purpose wheat flour to the Payung Rahmah program under the 2024 Budget, as per Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Fuziah Salleh. This decision was made due to the subsidy being unclaimed because of the non-existence of demand for general use flour and the absence of factories producing it. Fuziah Salleh also addressed concerns over the termination of the wheat flour subsidy and countered claims about the inefficiency in the distribution and production of other subsidized goods like sugar and cooking oil post the 15th General Election (GE15), by presenting data that shows an increase in production in 2023 compared to 2022.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Subsidizing wheat flour for general use, worth RM40 million, has been moved into the Payung Rahmah program expenditure details through the 2024 Budget. Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Fuziah Salleh said the allocation for general purpose wheat flour was included in the RM200 million allocation for the Payung Rahmah program. "In the details in the 2023 Budget, there is detail 040600 which is the general purpose wheat flour subsidy which is RM40 million, in the 2024 Budget this detail is missing and was asked in this House. "For this flour for general use, this RM40 million ringgit, we set aside the budget but it was never claimed, because no factory wants to make flour for general use and the people never asked for it either. "What is produced is only cap kunci flour, ros cap flour and no flour for general use because there is no factory to make it," he said during a question and answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today. He answered an additional ...

Source: Utusanborneo