Budget 2021: RM1.7b subsidies to assist farmers, fisherfolk

A total of RM1.7 billion will be allocated in the form of subsidies, assistance and incentives to farmers and fishermen under Budget 2021.

Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, who announced this when tabling the budget in the Dewan Rakyat today, said the subsidies, among others, would involve RM570 million for the price of paddy and RM960 million for paddy planting incentives which are expected to benefit more than 300,000 farmers nationwide...