in Nanyang. Shelly Zahid clarified that the 2.1 billion "excess expenditure" of the Rural Affairs Department is actually the difference between the allocation for three years and the actual expenditure.
Zahid said that the ministry's total expenditure from 2023 to 2025 is 6.108 billion rom. The ministry was initially allocated RM3.982 billion, which was later adjusted to RM6.143 billion.