PUTRAJAYA, Aug 30 — The government has agreed to restore the basic monthly quota under the Budi MADANI RON95 (BUDI95) programme to 300 litres.
Prime Minister cum Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the decision would benefit more than 16 million users of subsidised RON95.
“Meanwhile, more than half a million eligible owners of diesel-powered pick-up trucks and jeeps will receive up to 400 litres of Budi Diesel a month,” he said in his National Day address at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre today.
On March 26, the government announced that the BUDI95 quota would be adjusted from 300 litres a month to 200 litres a month from April 1, 2026, following the conflict in West Asia, while the price of subsidised RON95 remained at RM1.99 per litre.
Anwar added that the measures will take effect on September 1 as part of the government’s efforts to ease the people’s cost-of-living burden.
“There are concerns about the plight of the M40; some say we continue to focus on the B40...but under the MADANI government, we have to look after everyone,” he said.
Petrol and diesel subsidies are among the forms of assistance that benefited almost all segments of society, including the M40 and T20, with the government bearing a cost of up to RM40 billion.
The decision to increase the BUDI95 and BUDI Diesel quotas was made after taking into account the pressure from the rising cost of living, which could not wait until the tabling of Budget 2027.
“Cost-of-living pressures do not wait until October, and businesses need to grow now; they cannot wait until October,” Anwar said.
The government acknowledged that the measures implemented so far were still insufficient to fully ease the hardship people face due to the rising cost of living, and that further action was needed.
“The benefits of the country’s economic growth must be returned to the people,” he said.
