Initiatives to help Indian community will continue, says Mitra chairman


KUALA LUMPUR: Various strategic initiatives to assist the Indian community including aid for university students as well as special grants for those in the B40 group will be continued this year, says Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan.

The Sungai Buloh MP, who was also the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (Mitra) special committee chairman, said as part of a more comprehensive effort to assist the B40 group within the Indian community, the body had introduced a financial grant application programme for eligible organisations with an allocation of RM30mil.

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