Govt extends BR1M scheme deadline to March 15

The deadline for the public to submit the application form for the RM500 Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) scheme has been further extended to March 15.

Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said the form could be submitted at all Inland Revenue Board (IRB) offices and agencies handling the aid.

The forms had been distributed since last month to assist households earning below RM3,000 a month. He said so far about 7 million people had applied for the RM500 cash aid.

Ahmad Husni said successful applicants would be given vouchers which they could cash at all Bank Simpanan Nasional, CIMB and Maybank branches.

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BR1M will be continued for as long as Barisan is in power

The 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) is not a one-off thing and will be continued for as long as Barisan Nasional is in power to help ease the financial burden of the rakyat, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

He said depending on the country’s resources, the amount might even be increased in the future.

“We don’t want to see such aid be a one-off payment. It should be disbursed on a long-term basis. I believe the Prime Minister will look into BR1M as a programme that should be continued.

“I am sure that it will be continued on a long-term basis when the rakyat retains Barisan as the Federal Government,” he said after distributing the RM100 school aid to students of five schools at SMK Tun Haji Abd Malik in Paya Rumput near here yesterday.

The Government, said Muhyiddin, had distributed BR1M payments worth RM2bil to 4.7 million households, 1Malaysia book vouchers of RM200 each to over 1.3 million university and Form Six students, and the RM100 school aid to over 5.3 million schoolchildren.

Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said such financial assistance had greatly helped to ease the burden of parents of school-going children.

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