PETALING JAYA: The housewives’ social protection scheme launched by the unity authorities in December 2022 is still effectively behind its aim to guard the over three million housewives within the nation, says Kasthuri Patto.
The scheme, often known as Skim Keselamatan Sosial Suri Rumah (SKSSR), has a take up fee of lower than 10% to this point, the previous Batu Kawan MP mentioned.
“As of April 21, 2024, solely 253,794 girls have signed up, with Sarawak topping the listing amongst all states at 56,128,” she mentioned in an announcement along side Labour Day.
“This is adopted by Sabah with 49,780, Selangor (6,867), Johore (6,588), Terengganu (6,348), Kelantan (5,489), Perak (5,397), Penang (13,953), Kedah (13,855), Negeri Sembilan (11,161), Pahang (9,154), Melaka (8,056), and Perlis (3,725).
Kasturi, who’s chairman of the Socso committee on the SKSSR, added that the full quantity of registrations within the three Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan stood at 7,293.
She added that Malays prime the listing at 137,796 adopted by Bumiputera Sabah at 20,631, Bumiputera Sarawak at 19,204, Indians at 17,034, Chinese at 10,399, Orang Asli (peninsular) at 472, and others at 48,258.
The scheme is geared toward offering protection to housewives in opposition to home accidents or different incidents within the course of performing their family duties and affairs, in addition to for housewives who’re stricken with an sickness or change into disabled.
Under the scheme, married or single, widows and single moms are required to make a contribution of RM10 per thirty days or an annual contribution of RM120.
The contribution might be made by the housewife herself, her relations and even her employer.
“With such a scheme in place, the target now’s to up the ante on dissemination of info on the scheme via group leaders, councillors, assemblymen, MPs and Senators, together with civil society and all NGOs to assist move the phrase on this social protection by the federal government for housewives,” she mentioned.
On March 15, 2024 the human sources minister Steven Sim introduced {that a} new committee can be set as much as enhance consciousness and to encourage extra relations to contribute for housewives beneath this scheme.
Kasthuri mentioned the committee has been working tirelessly to strategise how to make sure that girls, significantly housewives, obtain appropriate info, particularly these from B40 and in rural areas and with a goal of a minimum of 500,000 registrations for this yr.
Under the scheme, housewives are entitled to Domestic Accident Protection Benefits masking medical advantages, everlasting incapacity advantages, funeral advantages, bodily rehabilitation or dialysis amenities, and survivors’ pensions.
As for the Invalidity Protection Benefits, housewives can get pleasure from morbidity allowance, bodily rehabilitation or dialysis amenities, funeral advantages and survivors’ pension.
Kasthuri, who’s a DAP central govt committee member, mentioned Malaysia is one of three international locations on this planet which have a social protection scheme for housewives.
More info might be obtained at https://www.perkeso.gov.my/en/our-services/protection/housewife.html.
