The government’s cash aid programme, Rahmah Cash Aid (STR), has been recalibrated under Budget 2026.
Families will receive the same total value of aid, but there will be less cash aid and more credits to purchase groceries and household goods.
Specifically, STR payouts will be RM300 lower across the board for households. However, this is balanced by an RM300 increase in Rahmah Necessities Aid (Sara) to a minimum of RM1,200.
Hardcore poor households who are under e-Kasih will continue to receive an additional RM1,200 in Sara aid, bringing the total credits to RM2,400.
The only exception to the STR cuts is for unmarried senior citizens earning less than RM5,000 per month. The RM600 STR aid for this group is maintained, while their Sara aid is increased from RM450 per year to RM600.
As for singles under 60, they will no longer be receiving STR. Instead, the RM600 they received this year will be given as Sara credits in 2026.
The recalibration does not take into account the RM100 Sara aid the government will be giving to all Malaysians above 18 years old in February.
The details of the restructured plan were published in the Budget 2026 touchpoints document.
- Mkini
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