Ascertain usage before raising subsidy quota, says economist
Tan Peck Leong says wider take-up of the existing 300-litre entitlement will give Putrajaya a clearer picture of actual demand.
Economist Tan Peck Leong has advised the government to carefully consider which users genuinely require more fuel before implementing a blanket diesel subsidy quota of 500 litres in rural Sabah and Sarawak. The data-driven approach would help avoid undermining BUDI Diesel's efforts to reduce leakages and cross-border smuggling. Currently, about 71,000 of the 120,000 eligible pickup and jeep owners in Sabah have not submitted applications for the 100-litre increase, which would raise their monthly entitlement to 300 litres.
Economists argue that actual consumption data is already available to help decide on the quantum of the subsidy.
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