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KUALA LUMPUR – The Economy Ministry will hold discussions with local authorities nationwide to speed up the implementation of Inisiatif Pendapatan Rakyat (IPR).
Minister Rafizi Ramli said the government will work closely with state governments and local authorities to identify and nominate target groups who are eligible and meet the criteria set for the income incentive initiative.
“To ensure that the participants who apply are eligible, a cross-check will be made with the eKasih data system, which is the existing list of hardcore poor recipients, as well as the Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah recipient data.
“Later I will have a meeting with all local authority leaders across the country so that we can speed up this matter (implementation of IPR) to get down to the lower level,” he said during Ministers’ Question Time in Parliament today.
He was replying to a question from R. Yuneswaran (Segamat-PH) who asked how the IPR can help B40 households and the hardcore poor generate regular income and the ministry’s efforts to ensure that 100,000 target groups are involved.
According to Rafizi, there have been 24,000 applications to participate in IPR up to today, after over a week from its launch.
“The number is increasing day by day, while the target according to official government statistics is 130,000 people from hardcore poor families.
“We will also extend the IPR offer to not just the hardcore poor, but also to help participants from the B40 group,” he added. – Bernama, March 9, 2023
