PUTRAJAYA: The Government is reviewing the 30-year-old yardstick used to define groups categorised as poor and hardcore poor, to reflect the current situation.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said a more realistic poverty line was needed to enable the Government to formulate effective policies and programmes to address problems associated with poverty.
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