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Jokowi: New Urban Agenda crucial for progress, innovation, growth

President Joko Widodo highlighted the significance of the New Urban Agenda while virtually opening an event held to ...

Budget realization for infrastructure spending reaches 59.5 percent

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry revealed that until October 4, 2020, realization of budget for ...

Government to use antigen-based rapid tests for COVID-19

The Indonesian government plans to use antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests to detect COVID-19, as recommended by the ...

Govt's Rp293-trillion social safety net cluster funds to reduce burden

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) shed light on the government’s disbursal of social safety net cluster funds of ...

Some 300 residents employed in Bogor-Sukabumi railway line project

The Transportation Ministry has recruited at least 300 local people to support the Bogor-Sukabumi double-track railway ...

Home improvement program absorbs 236,689 workers until September

The government program for home improvement and re-construction or called the Self-help Housing Stimulant Assistance ...

Govt to extend aid distribution for low-wage workforce until Q2-2021

The government has planned to extend the disbursement of aid until the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 for formal workers, ...

Finance Ministry underscores three focuses to address COVID-19 impacts

Director General of Financing and Risk Management of the Finance Ministry Luky Alfriman drew special attention to the ...

Hope wage subsidy increases people's purchasing power: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo has said he hopes the government's wage subsidy program for low-income workers increases ...

Urban farming plays role in lowering Surabaya's poverty rate

The Surabaya City Development Planning Board (Bappeko) highlighted the role of urban farming in lowering the poverty ...

Government initiates disbursement of aid for low-wage workers

The government, on Monday, began the first phase of disbursement of aid for formal workers, with monthly income below ...

Win a tablet with WorldRemit’s back to school competition!

WorldRemit, a leading international payments company, is giving away 150 tablet computers to students in the ...

Govt to provide aid to 13.8 mln low-wage workers in Q3

Formal workers with an income of less than Rp5 million per month will receive government aid in the third quarter of ...

State expenditure to leverage crisis-hit economy: Jokowi

State expenditure has become an instrument to leverage the country's economy in the recovery path amid the current ...

Number of poor in Indonesia swells to 26.42 million amid pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in the number of poor in Indonesia, with the figure reaching 26.42 million in ...