The economy ministry says that the RON 95 petrol subsidy rationalisation plan has been handed over to the finance ministry. According to economy minister Rafizi Ramli, the responsibility for the targeted fuel subsidy no longer falls under his ministry’s jurisdiction, the New Straits Times reports.
“This was the decision of the cabinet. From the ministry of economy’s side, we have brought this matter to the cabinet four times, and the current position is to await action from the finance mInistry. They will be managing the entire RON 95 subsidy process from now on. We must wait for their official announcement. It is best to get more details from them,” he said.
Rafizi had previously explained that the petrol subsidy rationalisation will be implemented in two phases.
The first is a front-end phase involving operational execution at petrol stations, while the second is a back-end phase involving eligibility determination for recipients in the lower 85% income group.
He said that the back-end processes will still be handled by his ministry, and eligibility determination was to be handled by the economy ministry before being submitted to the cabinet for final approval.
The government previously indicated that it plans to introduce targeted RON 95 subsidies sometime in the middle of this year, but has said recently that it will take into account the current economic situation when deciding on the implementation
No details of the rationalisation plan have been revealed. Up to March, the government had yet to define how it would establish eligibility for targeted subsidies as well as define a mechanism despite having reviewed four proposals.
Finance minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan has however indicated that the mechanism would be based on a two-tier pricing system with both subsidised and non-subsidised prices, with MyKad determining things.
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What a waste of time and tax payers money..
Dont just because you pass the problem to other Ministry and can wash hand already. Can the Ecomony minister tells us what the ministry has done for the rakyat so far? Something with tangible outcome.
Why no longer falls under his ministry? Why the cabinet made the decision? Is it because he’s an incompetent P.O.S?
We are still waiting for his janji formula above… still waiting…
nanti yg salah menteri kewangan lah kan..
LMAO
Well guess the implementation is still in the doldrums now after Tariff and uncertainties especially they will have a very different formula compared to yours which now people are also wondering some of why it does not work.
remove all subsidy, lower down import tax, cancel AP and excise duty la
Cannot cannot like the Investment guy said AP can ensure EVs cars sold here are safe but cough cough *Neta Cough Cough *Cronies AP freeloader.
when formulas fail to work, it is easier to push the bug to other people.
looks like RR is set to leave the government very soon…….
Wasted so much money on PADU with nothing effective
Agree, padu is wasted. Should just use already existence LHDN data