RM8bil for subsidies

For the people: The government will continue to subsidise cooking oil to help reduce the impact of rising commodity prices globally on the cost of living.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is expected to provide up to RM8bil in fuel and cooking oil subsidies, RM4.22bil higher than the RM3.78bil initially allocated for this year.

In comparison, a total of RM6.32bil was spent on fuel and cooking oil subsidies in 2019 and RM2.16bil last year.