Special select committee recommends increase in 2024 allocation for Rahmah sales

KUALA LUMPUR: The Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Domestic Trade, Entrepreneurship, Cost of Living and Agriculture, among others, recommended that the 2024 allocation for the Rahmah Sales Programme be increased.

The committee, in a statement on Wednesday (Sept 13), said the recommendations, made after the committee meeting on Tuesday (Sept 12), are intended to help ease the burden of the cost of living of more people.

“The committee also welcomes the Rahmah Menu Incentive Card initiative for Rahmah Menu traders to buy raw materials at a cheaper price and this, is believed, will encourage more traders to get involved in preparing the Rahmah Menu.

“The committee also recommends that the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry get more local traders to be involved in the Rahmah Sales programme,” read the statement.

At the meeting, the Special Select Committee on Domestic Trade, Entrepreneurship, Cost of Living and Agriculture was briefed by the ministry about the Payung Rahmah programme

The meeting was attended by Deputy Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Fuziah Salleh and chairman of the select committee Cha Kee Chin (PH-Rasah).

Also present were members of the committee comprising Edwin Banta (GPS-Selangau), Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan (GRS-Keningau), Manndzri Nasib (BN-Tenggara), Tan Kar Hing (PH-Gopeng), Hassan Abdul Karim (PH-Pasir Gudang), Datuk Rosol Wahid (PN-Hulu Terengganu) and Datuk Muslimin Yahaya (PN-Sungai Besar), as well as representatives from the ministry.

The committee also expressed its appreciation to the late Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub, who was domestic trade and cost of living minister, for introducing the Payung Rahmah Programme and hoped that the programme would continue in the future.

Salahuddin died last July 23 due to a brain haemorrhage. – BK