THE payment of the Aidilfitri Special Financial Assistance to 3.46 million people will be made on April 17.

Deputy Finance Minister I Ahmad Maslan said the recipients are civil servants, pensioners, padi farmers, rubber smallholders, fishermen and volunteers.

The payment involves a financial allocation of  RM1.572 billion, he said.

“A total of 1.4 million civil servants Grade 56 and below, including contract and MySTEP staff, will receive RM700. This will involve a financial implication of RM988 million,” he told reporters after visiting the Bank Simpanan Nasional headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.

“One million government retirees, including non-pensionable veterans, will receive RM350 with an implication of RM350 million.”

Ahmad said 850,000 padi farmers, rubber smallholders and fishermen will each receive RM200 and this will amount RM170 million.

A total of 213,000 volunteers from the Malaysian Volunteer Corps Department, Civil Defence Force, police force and fire department will also receive the aid amounting to RM64 million. – Bernama, April 6, 2023.