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GRAM REZEKI TANI - AN INITIATIVE TO opportunity to gain knowledge from relevant agencies through skills
ERADICATE POVERTY courses that can help in developing their business.

Program Rezeki Tani was introduced by providing assistance in the form In addition, MOA distributed RM5 million to its agencies during the year
of equipment and training worth up to RM10,000 for each person, as to implement the Program Rezeki Tani nationwide and the allocation was
an effort to eradicate poverty and increase the income of the poor and given to 500 recipients under the B40 category including youths who are
hardcore poor. interested in running small businesses. The programme was implemented
to ensure that this group is able to become self-reliant without having to
As of December 2019, a total of 471 participants have been approved depend on subsidies and to date, 300 people have benefited from it.
to receive assistance through this programme. They would have the

The objective of the programme is to find the B40 group not by random application, but instead the ministry, through various departments and agencies, will find the target
groups who are facing difficulties and who have started their business on a small scale.

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