In detail, 99.23 percent of the budget, totaling Rp45.12 trillion (around US$2.8 billion) allocated for the BPNT Program, had been disbursed. Meanwhile, the government has been successful in distributing 98.20 percent of the Rp28.70 trillion (around US$1.8 trillion) dedicated to the PKH.
The supervision of social assistance distribution has been conducted by involving several institutions, such as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the Attorney General’s Office, Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), Bank Indonesia, the Financial Services Authority (OJK), and the National Police (Polri).
State-owned postal company PT Pos Indonesia has also been participating in aid distribution to people inhabiting remote, underdeveloped, outermost, and border (3T) regions.
As for the second grand strategy of increasing the people’s income, Rismaharini makes the most of her experience in implementing the Economic Heroes Program during her term as mayor of Surabaya to boost the income of KPMs.
Since November 10, 2022, she has been emulating the program, creating a similar program with nationwide coverage called the Nusantara Economic Heroes (PENA).
The program aims to assist KPMs seeking to run businesses. The program initially aimed to create an ecosystem suitable for KPMs to develop their businesses in 2023.
On a narrow scale, the PENA Program has been running in flats located in the Pangudi Luhur Integrated Center Complex, Bekasi, West Java, as well as Sentra Mulia Jaya Flats in Jakarta.
Translator: Devi N, Tegar Nurfitra
Editor: Anton Santoso
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