Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali on Thursday (May 30) said applicants looking to receive diesel subsidies can only apply for either the Subsidised Diesel Control System 2.0 (SKDS) programme or Budi Madani and not both.
He said SKDS applied to companies whereas the Budi Madani programme was for small farmers, among others.
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00:00SKDS for companies, do they have individuals or small farmers?
00:11So definitely no.
00:13Basically, no.
00:15Because we see that there are small farmers or individuals who fill the houses, who do small businesses,
00:27so they don't have a company that we feel we need to touch through the individual body.
00:36But the details on Budi Madan will be controlled by the Ministry of Finance.
00:43On SKDS, KPDF.
00:45How is it mentioned by the Honourable Prime Minister that in this initial stage,
00:51the implementation of targeted subsidies for diesel is only for Malaysia?
00:57Sabah and Sarawak were first excluded.
01:01Why? Because we want the scheme to be organized and organized.
01:07And to reduce our affected people.
01:12That's why last year we took time to discuss the system.
01:18Secondly, to recognize the affected target groups.
01:22That's why we increased from 9 to 23 types of goods.
01:28And we thought about the mechanism.
01:31How about the households that use diesel?
01:34That's why we finally came up with Budi Madani.
01:38And that's also why Sabah and Sarawak, we know,
01:42the dependence of households is quite high on the use of diesel.
01:47Why? Because of the geographical factors there.
01:50So we see the implementation here to make sure it runs smoothly.
01:57And at the same time, we monitor the possible aspects that we need to touch on
02:04in terms of categorization, as well as the affected households.