AreaMalaysia

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date28/01/2016

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentFood subsidies

DescriptionAnnounced that the Government would supply hard-core poor households with a monthly ration of 20 kilos of rice through December 2016, under the MyBeras programme. The initiative forms part of the 2016 Budget Recalibration and is geared at aiding vulnerable groups cope with rising prices. The scheme was originally targeted to begin as of March 2016, but official statements to the press later indicated that it would be implemented between May 2016 and February 2017.