KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — The retail prices of RON95 and RON 97 petrol rose four sen a litre each while the retail price of diesel rose three sen per litre for a period of one week starting at midnight until January 8.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — The Finance Ministry (MOF) yesterday announced the car sales tax exemption which is ending on December 31, has been extended for six months to June 30 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — The Ministry of Finance today tabled seven bills for first reading at the Dewan Rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — The Supply Bill or Budget 2021 for the Prime Minister’s Department (JPM) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) was passed at the committee stage today through a bloc voting which saw over 100 MPs voted in favour of the bill, while 95 voted against it.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — The duration for all ministries, departments and agencies to respond to the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has now been shortened from three months to two, says PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — To date, 24,290 houses have been registered as homes free of tobacco smoke, Women, Family and Community Development Minister (KPWKM) Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — The government is prepared to increase the number of contributors eligible to withdraw their savings from Account 1 of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), says Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 —  More than 6,600 proposals have been received through the Budget 2021 consultation sessions involving political parties as well as the Budget 2021 website, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — The government has allocated more than RM1.7 billion to fight Covid-19 transmission, channelled through 14 ministries and state governments, and remains committed in ensuring that the frontliners as well as the healthcare system have sufficient funds to protect the people.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Payment for the first phase of Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN 2.0) amounting to RM7 billion will be channelled to the existing 10.6 million eligible recipients in stages starting October 26.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has denied approving any loan to airlines affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz has reiterated that the government will not pump in any more fund into Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) and it is purely up to its sole owner, Khazanah Nasional Bhd to sort it out.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — Sukuk Prihatin, a government initiative under the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana), has been oversubscribed, registering a total subscription of more than RM666 million.

SEREMBAN, Sept 11 — The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has urged self-employed workers who do not have a fixed income to take the opportunity to participate in the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) i-Saraan scheme initiated by the government to ensure they will get the social security benefits.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — The value of the moratorium on loan repayments by financial institutions stood at RM74.3 billion as at Aug 14, 2020, Minister of Finance Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz said in the latest Laksana update.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The  and the Finance Ministry (MoF) have decided not to implement the petrol subsidy programme (PSP), the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — The government has distributed the Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) aid to 6.5 million recipients in the B40 low income group, involving payment of more than RM4.8 billion, to-date.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — The government has distributed RM4.9 billion of the Bantuan PRIHATIN Nasional (BPN) aid to 6.6 million Malaysians as of April 12, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — The Prihatin Nasional Aid (BPN), previously announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, will be disbursed in stages beginning Monday (April 6).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The retail prices of RON95 and RON97 petrol will be eight sen per litre lower, at RM1.30 and RM1.60 respectively, for the week beginning April 10.