100,000 Budi Madani applications approved to date

The government to date has approved 100,000 applications for cash subsidies on diesel under the Budi Madani initiative, benefiting individual diesel vehicle owners (Budi Individu) and small-scale farmers and smallholders (Budi Agri-Komoditi).

Finance Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan said the objective of targeted diesel subsidies is to provide focused assistance to eligible sectors and disadvantaged segments of the population.