PASIR PUTEH: Only padi farmers registered with the Agriculture Department will obtain the monthly help of RM200 for six months whereas ready for their harvests, stated Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry II, Datuk Dr Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh.
As such, he stated those that had not registered ought to instantly contact the closest Agriculture Department workplace and full their registration to facilitate the distribution of the aid.
“We (Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries) assure that solely these registered with the Agriculture Department are eligible for the help to cowl the rising value of dwelling,” he advised reporters when met on the Pasir Puteh parliamentary constituency’s Aidilfitri celebration right here on Saturday (May 21).
On Wednesday (May 18), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob introduced that the federal government had agreed to supply monthly help of RM200 for six months to padi farmers whereas ready for their harvests.
He stated the help had been mentioned with the Finance Ministry and could be included within the 2023 Budget which is predicted to be tabled this October.
Commenting additional, Nik Muhammad Zawawi,who can be the Member of Parliament for Pasir Puteh, stated the help to those farmers proved that the federal government was very involved about their welfare.
“The help additionally provides new impetus to them to work tougher to supply sufficient rice provide for the nation’s wants,” he stated. – Bernama
