Social Welfare Dept distributed RM2.4bil to over 500,000 aid recipients last year, says Nancy

KUALA LUMPUR: The government through the Social Welfare Department (JKM) has distributed RM2.4bil in welfare assistance to 533,167 recipients nationwide throughout 2022.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the number of people seeking welfare aid had been increasing yearly and was at its peak during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.