Syed Saddiq: RM600 cash-aid increase insufficient to cover price hikes

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has bemoaned that the RM600 increase in Rahmah Cash Aid (STR) combined with Rahmah basic necessities aid (Sara), as announced during the tabling of Budget 2024, is too small.

While he supports the federal government’s consideration to adopt cash transfers for the implementation of targeted subsidies, he asserted that the increase of RM600 is not sufficient to cover the high cost of living that is suppressing the middle-class income group, which makes up the majority of Malaysians.