There will be 2.4 million 10kg bags of subsidised local rice available in the market from March 1, targeted at poor and hard-core poor households.
Agriculture and Food Security Ministry deputy secretary-general Datuk Badrul Hisham Mohd told the media on Feb 25 that this marks the start of the government's RM150mil targeted subsidy programme to ensure affordable local rice for the targeted groups.
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