
RM180 telco credit for B40 and RM50 e-wallet credit for youths
BUDGET 2021 | GLCs and GLICs will also sponsor laptops for students to assist in their e-learning.

BUDGET 2021 | GLCs and GLICs will also sponsor laptops for students to assist in their e-learning.

BUDGET 2021 | Development includes RM1.3b to implement rural road projects and RM632m for water supply.

UPDATED 7.45PM | EPF Account 1 withdrawals, personal income tax reduction, and more.

It is also for new recipients of the rebranded BSH and micro-entrepreneurs.


Tax collection estimated at 67.4 pct of total revenue lower than past 5-year average of 75.8 pct.

BUDGET 2021 | The total aid will cost RM6.5 billion covering 8.1 million people.

It is expected to increase by 31.5 pct from original estimate to finance the Covid-19 stimulus measures.


UPDATED 9.35PM | Employee EPF contributions also reduced to 9 pct.

UPDATED 7.30PM | PARLIAMENT | This follows application from Anwar that was supported by MPs across the divide.

UPDATED 7.15PM | BUDGET 2021 | Income tax rate for those in bracket drops to 13 percent.

Amid the pandemic, Malaysia continues to face other national security concerns that persist.

PARLIAMENT | Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz is tabling the Perikatan Nasional government's first budget.

INFOGRAPHICS | Malaysiakini looks at how Putrajaya juggles between a tight revenue and the need to spend more.

This proposal from the Pulai Umno Youth arises from discussions on Twitter with four civil society organisations and 30 individuals.


Experts believe the government will loosen its purse strings and go for an expansionary budget.

UPDATED 12.55PM | Speaker says 41 govt MPs and 39 from opposition will be in hall from Friday's Budget 2021 tabling.





He says budget is continuation from four stimulus packages worth RM305 billion since onset of Covid-19 pandemic.