More benefits from the Budget


KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced several additional initiatives in Budget 2023, mostly benefitting the B40 and M40 groups.

Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said yesterday when tabling the Supply Bill 2023 or the national budget for the second reading in the Dewan Negara that the new initiatives include expanding the Hari Raya Aidilfitri assistance, a two-year extension of individual tax relief for the National Education Savings Scheme (SSPN), and the provision of housing credit through the Syarikat Jaminan Kredit Perumahan (SJKP).

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