PUTRAJAYA: The government has agreed to grant a RM500 special Aidilfitri aid to Grade 56 civil servants and below by Friday.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this also includes contractual appointments.
He said RM250 would also be channeled to retirees and veterans.
"So today, corresponding to the 21st of Ramadan 1445, I announce that the government has agreed to distribute a special Aidilfitri aid of RM500 to all civil servants Grade 56 and below including contractual appointments.
"RM250 would also be channelled to all government retirees including pensioned and non-pensioned veterans.
"I have instructed the Treasury Department for the aid to be channelled beginning Friday," he said.
Previously, the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has called on the government to channel a special Aidilfitri aid to civil servants as they did so for the past 10 years.
Its president Datuk Adnan Mat said the aid would not only help the civil servants but also businesses.