KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra) has allocated RM5.4 million under the Akshaya Patra aid programme for 3,000 recipients in the B40 group to buy basic food necessities.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (National Unity and Social Wellbeing) Senator P. Waytha Moorthy (pix) said the head of each household would get RM150 a month for 12 months, and the aid would be credited directly into the existing e-wallet of the identity card of the recipients.