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Mass bank account opening can strengthen financial literacy: OJK

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has said the government's mass bank account opening program holds strategic ...

Indonesia prepares digital aid network for 50 million citizens

The Indonesian government will launch a digital social protection system covering 50 million low-income citizens in ...

Indonesia banks coordinate on nationwide account opening plan

Indonesia's state-owned banks Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI) have coordinated to ...

Indonesia prepares mass bank accounts to boost financial inclusion

Indonesia is developing a system to automatically provide bank accounts to citizens at age 17, using national identity ...

GovTech could slash misdirected social aid to below 10 percent: Luhut

National Economic Council (DEN) Chair Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said integrating government data through government ...

Minister pushes for integrated ecosystem to tackle poverty

Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar said poverty alleviation ...

Indonesia's wildfire response covers healthcare, social support: gov't

Indonesian Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni emphasized that the government's forest and land fire ...

Banyuwangi appointed as pilot site for social empowerment programme

Indonesia's Social Affairs Ministry has selected Banyuwangi District in East Java as a pilot project area ...

Human Rights Ministry deploys 150,000 personnel to map village needs

The Ministry of Human Rights is deploying 150,000 personnel in its first phase to map issues surrounding poverty, ...

NTT earthquake: Public kitchens to serve 3,000 meals daily

The Ministry of Social Affairs has begun operating public kitchens in Nagekeo District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), to ...

Social aid digitalisation reaches 153 districts and cities: Prabowo

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto confirmed the digitalisation of social aid programme has been underway ...

Prabowo says economic census data to guide policy, budgeting

President Prabowo Subianto highlighted the government’s plan to use data collected by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) ...

Annual Budget Speech

Indonesia's budget deficit stays at 0.91 pct of GDP through July 2026

President Prabowo Subianto said the State Budget deficit remained under control at 0.91 percent of gross domestic ...

Annual Speech

Govt delivers 121 transformative policies in 21 months: Prabowo

President Prabowo Subianto said his administration had enacted 121 transformative policies in its first 21 months, ...

Indonesia pilots digital system to improve welfare aid targeting

The Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) Ministry is conducting a pilot program designed to improve the accuracy ...