BR1M will help lighten cost of living burden of recipients - Najib

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) which will be financed through the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), will be able to ease the burden of cost of living of the beneficiaries.

Najib in his Facebook posting today, said 7.2 million applications for BR1M had been approved thus far.

"As I stated in my Budget 2015 speech, BR1M will be financed through the GST which will be implemented soon (on April 1) and I am confident that it will help lighten the cost of living burden of the recipients," he said.

He said the BR1M this time would be paid in stages, up to three times, for the benefit of the rakyat (people) who need it.

Najib said as for those whose applications for the BRIM were rejected, they could submit appeals up to March 31.

For further information or to download the application form, go to www.ebrim.hasil.gov.my.

In Budget 2015, the government increased the rate of BR1M to RM950 from RM650 for households with monthly income of RM3,000 or less, to be made in three payments, in January, May and September.

For households with monthly income of between RM3,000 to RM4,000, the government increased the BR1M amount from RM450 to RM750 while for the singles category aged 21 years and above and earning not more than RM2,000 a month, the amount was increased from RM300 to RM350.