KUALA LUMPUR: The phase one payments for the Special Covid-19 Aid (BKC) will be made in stages from Sept 6, for the B40 recipients and Sept 9, 2021 for M40 recipients, according to Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. He said the allocation involved RM3.1bil, benefiting 4.4 million households, 1.1 million senior citizens who were single or without partner and 4.5 million single individuals. “The BKC payments are scheduled for September, November and December 2021,” he said while presenting the 66th Implementation and Coordination Unit Between National Agencies (Laksana) report yesterday. “Telecommunication companies will offer additional benefits, especially additional free data worth RM1.5bil, and this brings the total benefit of the Prihatin Network Programme to RM3.5bil,” he said. “As of Aug 20, subsidies worth RM412.6mil had been successfully utilised by 3.1 million BPR recipients,” he added.

Source: The Star September 01, 2021 23:37 UTC