ALOR SETAR: Half of the RM30mil cash aid from Padiberas National Berhad (Bernas) will be disbursed to all padi farmers in the country soo, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The Prime Minister said the RM15mil cash aid would be channelled to farmers for the upcoming Ramadan and Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
"The farmers can use the money to prepare for Ramadan and Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
"That's how we ask money from the corporate sector, we ask not for ourselves but for the farmers," he said after launching the RM1bil infrastructure project to support the five-season padi cultivation every two years programme in the Muda region at Kampung Pida 4, Ayer Hitam on Thursday (Feb 27).
More to come.
