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PEN allocation projected to reach Rp553.09 trillion in 2021: Hartarto

Projected budget allocation for the national economic recovery program (PEN) this year will reach Rp553.09 trillion, or ...

Indonesian embassy in Malaysia repatriates 56 migrant workers

The Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has repatriated 56 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia after helping them ...

PUPR Ministry should mobilize construction sector to leverage economy

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) to mobilize the national ...

Ministers, public figures, artists get first COVID jab

Ministers, public figures, officials, artists, traders, teachers, and workers received their first shot of the COVID-19 ...

Number of unemployed up 2.6 million due to pandemic: minister

The number of unemployed people in Indonesia has risen by 2.6 million to reach 9.7 million due to the COVID-19 ...

Farmers exchange rate up 0.37% in December 2020: BPS

The index of the Farmers Exchange Rate (NTP) rose by 0.37 percent to 103.25 in December, 2020 compared to 102.86 in ...

Hartarto sees several opportunities for economic recovery in 2021

Indonesia will have several opportunities that it could leverage to bring about an economic recovery and support the ...

Indonesia's Human Development Index rose slightly amid pandemic: BPS

Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Head Suhariyanto pointed to Indonesia's 2020 Human Development Index (HDI) of ...

BPS records 0.15-percent rise in agricultural labor wages in Nov-2020

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that the wages for farm workers in November 2020 reached Rp55,848 per day, ...

Ministry apportions Rp18.42 tln for 2021 cash labor-intensive program

The government has allotted funding of Rp18.42 trillion for the cash labor-intensive program in 2021, according to ...

Digital platform migration by 30 million MSMEs targeted in 2021

The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment is aiming for 30 million Indonesian micro, small, and ...

Four major projects to lower unemployment, poverty rates in 2021

Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono expressed belief that four major projects in infrastructure ...

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Green economy takes precedence in push for recovery

With people forced to lock themselves at home to break the chain of COVID-19 spread, pollution has reduced ...

One million houses program missed target owing to pandemic: VP

The target for the one million houses program for 2020 was not achieved in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according ...

Jokowi calls for reforming ecosystem of migrant worker dispatch

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has pressed for conducting reform of the migrant worker dispatch ecosystem to offer ...