He said now that the agency comes under his ministry’s umbrella, there is a need to refocus Mitra’s direction, taking into account several constraints from the 2021 Indian community action plan (PTMI) that need to be reviewed.

“Pemandu (Performance Management and Delivery Unit) has carried out a detailed study of PTMI and found that only six out of its 23 strategies involve Mitra.

“Hence, this workshop will help to realign these with Mitra’s mandate,” he said in Putrajaya today.

Aaron added that Mitra has strategies to eradicate poverty and deal with citizenship and documentation issues, temples and religious matters, as well as issues concerning women’s welfare.