Anwar announces RM500 in special Raya aid for civil servants

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This initiative will cost the government about RM900 million, with government retirees to also get RM250 in special cash aid.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/03/21/anwar-announces-rm500-in-special-raya-aid-for-civil-servants/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/03/21/penjawat-awam-dapat-duit-raya-rm500-pesara-rm250-2/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AnwarIbrahim #RayaAid #STR

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00:00Civil servants from grade 15 and below under the Public Service Remuneration System, as

00:06well as grade 56 and below under the previous remuneration scheme, will be given 500 ringgit

00:12in special IDF aid.

00:14Anwar said government retirees will also get 250 ringgit in special cash aid.

00:19He said the initiative will cost the government about 900 million ringgit.

00:23The cash aid will be dispersed from next week.

00:26The first day of Eid al-Fitr is expected to fall on March 31st.

00:30In a statement, the Finance Ministry said the government decided to distribute the special

00:35aid given the expenditure celebrants would incur to prepare for the festive season.

00:40It said the expansion of Putrajaya's sources of revenue in restructuring its finances has

00:44given the treasury some room to share its revenue.

00:48The ministry said the special aid will benefit more than 2 million civil servants and government

00:52retirees.

00:54It also said the payments for Phase 2 of the Sumbangan Tunai Rahma VIII scheme has been

00:58brought forward.

00:59STR aid will be distributed to its 9 million recipients from Monday.

01:03A total of 1.7 billion ringgit will be disbursed.

01:07Danish Roger Reza, FMT.

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