September 30, 2025
PETALING JAYA – After months of anticipation, some 16 million Malaysians will be able to fuel up their vehicles with Budi Madani RON95 (Budi95) subsidised petrol starting today.
This comes as Budi95 is fully implemented after it was rolled out in phases from Sept 27 for Armed Forces and police personnel, followed by Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) recipients the following day.
A petrol station supervisor, who wished to be known as Kamarul, said the Budi95 rollout for STR recipients in the B40 group on Sept 28 went on smoothly with only a few incidents.
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“A few motorists got angry when informed that they were not eligible for Budi95 based on their MyKads.
“We told them politely to check with the Road Transport Department as their eligibility for Budi95 is linked to their driving licence,” he said when met at a petrol station here yesterday.
Apart from driving licence issues, some customers grumbled about having to wait although the process was simple and fast, he said.
During training, Kamarul said he was told to be prepared for “difficult” customers when Budi95 is fully implemented.
“It is a new system and some may not know how it works.
“We were told to be prepared because out of 100 customers, there will be at least five who will be unhappy for whatever reason,” he said.
Petrol station workers were also spotted attending to Budi95 customers at the pump instead of at the counter.
“Several STR MyKad holders have already started buying Budi95 at the pumps where we helped them with the process,” a worker known as Arunasamy said when met at a petrol station here.
Meanwhile, PC Chen, 68, from Taman Mayang Jaya, who was among those using the MyKad to purchase Budi95 for the first time, said she got an SMS message last Friday informing her that she was eligible for 300 litres of petrol.
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“There are several senior citizens living in my housing area and I volunteered to be the first to buy subsidised petrol using my MyKad,” she said.
She gave the cashier RM100 to fill up her car which was almost out of petrol and was given RM103.2 worth of petrol amounting to 50.260 litres.
“The process was very fast and took less than a minute to settle.
“I am also happy with the 300 litres of subsidised petrol although I don’t use that much a month,” she added.
Another motorist, known only as Wong, 40, came to check if she was eligible for the subsidised petrol using her Touch ‘n Go (TNG) eWallet.
“It says that I am eligible but no amount was stated. I wanted to double check with the petrol station,” she said.
She was informed that the eligible amount would only appear on her TNG eWallet today.
On Sept 27, about 300,000 Armed Forces and police personnel started buying RON95 at RM1.99 per litre compared with the market price of RM2.05.
The targeted subsidy programme, announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Sept 22, is being rolled out in stages before its full implementation today.
Anwar said all citizens, regardless of income, will automatically qualify for Budi95 as long as they have a valid driving licence.
They will be eligible for 300 litres of Budi95 at RM1.99 per litre a month and only pay the market price of RM2.05 per litre after using up all their 300 litres.
Exemption will be given to e-hailing drivers who will need to register for additional Budi95 if they use up their eligible 300 litres.
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On average, e-hailing drivers use between 700 and 800 litres of petrol a month.
When contacted, Malaysian eHailing Association (GEM) chief activist Jose Rizal said that the registration process for additional petrol for e-hailing drivers is currently being ironed out between the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad) and platform providers.
“It is being coordinated internally and should not be a big problem.
“A similar template will likely be used to assist e-hailing drivers, as was done when aid was given out during the Covid-19 movement control order,” he said.