KUALA LUMPUR: Underprivileged families with three children are eligible to receive cash aid of more than RM13,000 yearly, an RM2,000 increase from RM11,000 currently.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this means that no household has a monthly income of less than RM1,100.
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