The Malaysian finance ministry has put up a Facebook post explaining how the government assists diesel users in this global fuel crisis. It starts by saying that since the crisis erupted, the administration has not been fully floating the diesel price; it has been subsidising a portion of it for five straight weeks. It adds that refined diesel is still at US$250 (RM993) a barrel and that our diesel remains among ASEAN’s cheapest.
The Budi Diesel monthly cash help, upped from RM200 to RM300 in March and continued for April, benefits over 355,000 recipients (apply here if you satisfy the criteria). Note that going by this week’s eye-watering RM6.72 a litre unsubsidised diesel rate, RM300 ‘subsidises’ just 65.6 litres in a month (RM6.72 – RM2.15 = RM4.57 of ‘subsidy’ per litre). As most diesel vehicles in Malaysia have over-70-litre tanks, your second tank this month would literally make you cry.
Outside of this, RM2.15 a litre is what’s to be paid by people in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan (limited to 50, 100 or 150 litres per transaction depending on vehicle type), as well as goods vehicles (over 343,000 vehicles approved). RM1.88 a litre is for land public transport (over 25,000 vehicles approved including buses, taxis, ambulances and fire engines) while RM1.65 a litre is for fishermen (over 10,000 recipients).
Since the MyKad system has been quite a success for Budi Madani RON 95 (Budi95) petrol, the government is mulling the same for diesel, although we wonder how the MyKad is going to distinguish between private, public and goods vehicles – all three currently pay different prices for diesel, and there are five different diesel prices (unsubsidised, ‘RM300-subsidised’, RM2.15, RM1.88 and RM1.65). This problem does not exist for the RM1.99 Budi95 petrol, which you simply either get or you don’t.
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RM1.88 and RM1.65 –> tak akan ni pun tak tahu? mereka ada FLEET kad dengan had.
SSL lepas buat petrol guna IC elok je, jangan bagi alasan disel tak boleh buat disana pula.
Instead of focusing on Budi Diesel benefiting 355k users, MOF should look into and provide information on how many diesel-using citizens are being overlooked and struggling.