Budget 2022: RM2.4bil in welfare aid allocated to benefit over 440,000 households

PETALING JAYA: The new Bantuan Keluarga Malaysia (BKM) outlined in Budget 2022 will benefit more than 9.6 million recipients with an allocation of RM8.2bil compared to RM7bil previously for Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR).

Under the BKM, which is an improvement to the BPR, an allocation of RM2,000 will be given to households - with three children or more - with household income of less than RM2,500.