Govt introduces programme to help rural communities generate income

THE Rural and Regional Development Ministry has introduced the Komuniti Sejahtera Programme (PKS) with a profit sharing concept to help rural communities generate income.

The ministry’s secretary-general Ramlan Harun said the pilot project of the programme had been implemented in Baling, with the Kedah Regional Development Authority (Keda) appointed as the implementing agency while a company was selected as the operating agency.