10.77m BPN recepients, RM11.5b allocated, says Tengku Zafrul

The total number of Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) recipients, including the third group comprising those who made an appeal from May 11 to 31, is estimated to be 10.77 million which involves an allocation of RM11.5 billion, said Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

“This represents an additional allocation of RM1.5 billion (on top of the initial allocation of RM10 billion),” he said when presenting the 7th Inter-Agency Economic Stimulus Implementation and Coordination Unit (Laksana) report on the implementation of the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package today.