Seven million households, individuals apply for BR1M 2.0

SUNGAI PETANI: Some seven million households and unmarried individuals have applied for the 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) 2.0 which will be paid out next month.

Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said 4.1 million of the applicants were households which had received the BR1M last year. The the rest were fresh applicants comprising about 1.7 million single unmarried individuals as well as households which had just applied. "We have brought forward to this year the 4.1 million BR1M recipients of last year (without them having to register again).

"We anticipate more than six million BR1M 2.0 recipients.

"The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) has to verify all the fresh applicants prior to payment," he told reporters after opening the Menara Hasil Sungai Petani building in Bandar Amanjaya, here.

Ahmad Husni said the payment would be made from Feb 1 to 28, and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak would officially launch the payment on Feb 2.

BR1M 2.0 : A cheerful new year gift

A good news for many Malaysians – the payment of the 1Malaysia People’s Aid 2.0 (BR1M 2.0) will begin in February this year.

In an announcement by the Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah on Monday, it was revealed that the RM3 billion allocation is expected to benefit 4.3 million households and 2.7 million single unmarried individuals aged 21 and above.


The one-off payment of RM500 would be handed to household with a monthly income of less than RM3,000 whilst single unmarried individuals earning less than RM2,000 were eligible to receive RM250.

Those who have been left out of last year’s handouts were urged to apply for BR1M now, including those who did not apply for the payment.

Ahmad Husni said 2,684,916 new applications for BR1M 2.0 had been received up to now, with 1,823,039 of them being from single unmarried individuals and 861,877 from households.

“The government encourages more single unmarried individuals to apply for BR1M 2.0. Registration will be open until a date to be announced,” he said.

In 2012, 4.2 million people benefited from the BR1M payment, involving an allocation of RM2.1 billion.

(Source: www.nambikei.com)