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Menu Rahmah offers RM5 meals to ease living costs for B40 Malaysians. While it helps families access nutritious food, rising costs threaten its sustainability. A proposed app could track impact and support vendors, ensuring no one is left behind.

Budget 2024, themed "Economic Reform, Empowering People", charts Malaysia’s largest-ever fiscal plan at RM393.8bil. It emphasises fiscal consolidation, targeted subsidies, revenue diversification, and growth through human capital, digitalisation and SME support.

A survey conducted by the Ministry of Health in Malaysia shows that the national prevalence of depression in Malaysian adults is 2.3%—this translates to about half a million people. Men are generally less likely to seek help compared to women, and tend less to talk about their emotional distress.