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Environment ministry to establish peat land restoration agency

The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry will establish a Peatland Restoration Agency for land conservation ...

Target overshot in state budget deficit, 2.8 percent of GDP

Finance Minister said the target was overshot for the state budget deficit in 2015 reaching Rp318.5 trillion or 2.8 ...

Riau police discharged 62 officers in 2015

The Riau provincial police discharged 62 officers for committing serious violations last year. "Besides ...

Visa free facility, criminality

In early April 2015 a number of Chinese tourists complained about being forced to pay illegal levy by Indonesian ...

State expenditures soar in run-up to yearend: Minister

The Ministry of Finance noted that the realization of state expenditure in the Revised 2015 State Budget (APBNP) had ...

Rizal Ramli rejects Israel visa-free proposal

Coordinating Minister Rizal Ramli said he rejected the proposal visa-free visit for Israel. "There is a visa-free ...

Pertamina targets US$1.61 billion net profit

State-owned energy company PT Pertamina has set a target of earning a net profit of US$1.61 billion next year despite ...

Visa free travel offered for 84 more countries: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli said the governmenr will waive visa requirement for short term ...

Slow budget absorption to cause economic contraction: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revealed that he had called on ministries, government agencies, and regional ...

Indonesia to reduce energy subsidies to 0.3 pct by 2019

The Finance Ministry plans to reduce the budget for energy subsidies in stages to 0.3 percent of the Gross Domestic ...

ADB revises down its growth forecast for Indonesia to 4.8 percent

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised its economic growth forecast for Indonesia, scaling it down this year to ...

Bank lending rate should be lowered to stimulate investment: VP

The bank lending rate, which currently stands above 10 percent, should be lowered as part of the efforts to stimulate ...

BI maintains interest to prevent capital outflow

Bank Indonesia (BI) said it has maintained its benchmark interest rate (BI rate) at 7.5 percent this year to prevent ...

Policy packages expected to boost growth next year

The series of economic policy packages announced by the government since September will start impacting the economy in ...

Indonesia to host muslim scholars` intl conference

Indonesia will host the 4th International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) on November 23-25, 2015 at the State ...