PUTRAJAYA: The RM100 Bantuan Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) will be credited to all adult citizens aged 18 and above beginning Feb 9, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Meanwhile, Anwar said Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) monthly recipients will receive RM200 in their IC beginning Jan 9. For the first phase of STR payments, RM500 will be credited into the accounts of eligible Malaysians“Last year, 69% of Malaysians used STR, and that was nearly RM2.1bil,” he said. Anwar said the RM150 early schooling aid would be credited on Jan 13 to students up to Form Six. When tabling Budget 2026 in Oct last year, Anwar had said the early schooling aid would benefit 5.2 million pupils from Standard One to Form Five in government schools.

Source: The Star January 05, 2026 06:15 UTC