Govt to introduce subsidy programme for cooking oil next year [NSTTV]
03/09/2023 (New Straits Times), Gopeng - The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry will introduce a subsidy programme targeting packet cooking oil in stages next year.
Deputy Minister Fuziah Salleh said it would not only benefit the B40 group, but also the M40 group and micro-entrepreneurs, such as banana fritter, kuih-muih, keropok lekor and ayam gunting sellers.
Fuziah said the ministry was in the process of updating its database as the number of micro-entrepreneurs had reached up to one million in the country, but there were still those who had yet to register their businesses.
"We are in the right direction. We have identified our target groups and we have our database so that we can integrate then implement the programme by next year in stages," she said in a press conference after launching the state-level Mobile Rahmah Sales programme Dewan Bandaran Gopeng here today.
Meanwhile, when asked to comment on the difficulty of obtaining packet cooking oil in several business premises in Negri Sembilan and Melaka, Fuziah said the ministry would order a special team to investigate the market as it had received complaints about this issue.
"Every month, a total of 60,000 metric tons of subsidised cooking oil is provided by the government for the target group.
"We have a tracking system from suppliers to wholesalers, but we understand that there are leaks (in distribution paths) everywhere, so we have a special team to investigate this matter."
Fuziah added that based on a statistical study, the amount of subsidised cooking oil produced every month was sufficient for every household in the target group.