Fiscal pillars strengthened


Improving livelihood: Anwar holding up Budget 2024 after the tabling of Budget 2024 at Parliament. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Holding to its pledge to improve the livelihood of the average Malaysian, Putrajaya has unveiled the largest Budget on record with an allocation of RM393.8bil.

While outlining the need to upgrade the living standard of the rakyat, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim reiterated the government’s other primary objective for Budget 2024, which was to consolidate its fiscal position through a number of anticipated measures.

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