Poverty Line Income is not the only measure for aid distribution by the Social Welfare Department (JKM), says the Women, Family and Community Development Minister.
Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said other factors are considered, such as family dependents, chronic health problems, need for special care, psychosocial issues and more.
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Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said other factors are considered, such as family dependents, chronic health problems, need for special care, psychosocial issues and more.
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00:00Thank you, Speaker. My question is question number two.
00:03Please go ahead, Minister.
00:05Thank you, Speaker. Thank you, Muhammad Muah.
00:08Mr Speaker, the Women, Family and Community Coordination Council, KPWKM,
00:13through JKM, is an agency that is responsible for managing and distributing
00:18welfare assistance from the United Nations to help the continuation of life
00:23and lighten the burden of vulnerable groups that are deserving and in need.
00:28This assistance is temporary so that they can get out of poverty and live independently.
00:34The welfare assistance distributed by JKM is based on the needs and qualifications
00:41that are means-tested.
00:43At the moment, JKM is using the PGK poverty line as one of the conditions
00:50based on the qualifications of the welfare assistance request.
00:54However, it should be noted that the PGK is not the only measure or single assessment
01:01in considering every welfare request.
01:05This is because there are various other factors that are also taken into account
01:10to ensure that they are qualified and need to get access to the assistance
01:16provided by this government and indeed intended to help them.
01:22These other values include family social support as a whole,
01:27such as family responsibility, chronic health issues,
01:31neat maintenance requirements such as OCU, psychosocial and so on.
01:37For your information, starting from January 2024, JKM has started using the new PGK,
01:44namely PGK 2022 with the value of Rp 1,198.
01:52In the process of reviving and refurbishing this PGK 2022,
01:56the implementation implementation unit of the Ministerial Office,
02:00ICU-JPM and the Malaysian Revenue Office, DOSEM,
02:04which is an agency under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy,
02:07has implemented it together with the income survey
02:12and the basic ease survey.
02:20Indeed, I would like to emphasize once again that JKM implements the means test
02:26in evaluating every welfare request so that every case is managed
02:31by taking into account the actual situation and the broader picture,
02:36such as economic factors, localities, OCU and so on,
02:42and not only from the perspective of their total income.
02:48Mr. Lhamuah.
02:51Thank you, Mr. Minister.
02:53There are many agencies, ministries and governments
02:58that help those in need.
03:01For example, the Ministry of Welfare, Zakat, Baitulmal,
03:05there are also special assistance under the state government.
03:08Is there a government that proposes to establish a hub or one-stop center
03:15for this welfare assistance so that it can be properly managed
03:19so that there are no obstacles from the perspective of assistance
03:22or corruption?
03:24If there is a one-stop center, it may be easier for us to have
03:29comprehensive assistance delivered to one family
03:32so that the family is exempted from poverty.
03:35Thank you, Mr. Minister.
03:37Mr. Minister.
03:38Thank you, Mr. Mohamad.
03:39Actually, so far, there has not been such a plan.
03:43Because we know that in addition to JKM, we have Zakat,
03:48and others that provide as well.
03:50So we allow it to happen so that it can help.
03:54Because of what we see at the moment,
03:57I think many people say that it is not enough.
04:00Especially those who live in the city.
04:02So if you look at it, even though people say that this is not enough,
04:08but we see from the perspective of how many children they have,
04:11what is the category of those who are in that family.
04:15The mother, maybe the elderly, we provide other assistance.
04:20Even though the head of the family, with permission,
04:24does accept it, but we allow the children who are OKU
04:28in other assistance.
04:29So we diversify it and we allow anyone to get it
04:33so that it can reduce their burden.
04:36Thank you, Mr. Mohamad.