Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021 03:48 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 ― The Finance Ministry will expedite the Bantuan Prihatin Nasional Phase 2 payments totalling RM2.38 billion to the 11.06 million eligible recipients, who comprise 10.6 million BPN recipients and about 460,000 new recipients. Those without bank accounts would be able to receive payments at Bank Simpanan Nasional branches from Jan 25 onwards subject to the bank’s standard operating procedure guidelines, he said in a statement today.
Tengku Zafrul said the 460,000 new recipients were approved during the application/appeal period from Oct 15 to Nov 15 last year.BPN 2.0 is part of the RM10 billion Prihatin Supplementary Initiative Package announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Sept 23 last year.