KUALA LUMPUR: The government through the Social Welfare Department (JKM) has distributed RM2.4bil in welfare assistance to 533,167 recipients nationwide throughout 2022.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the number of people seeking welfare aid had been increasing yearly and was at its peak during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
"As such, we need to find the best solution in ensuring that those in need will be given help and support but at the same time, with no financial implications on the country," she said. Nancy said some of the rates have already been increased as of 2021, among them aid for children, the elderly, allowance for disabled workers, those unable to work, and care assistance for the disabled or the chronically ill and bedridden.
"Those whose financial situation and life have improved, should no longer need the assistance," she said.
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