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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 ...

PUPR Ministry to build 1.5 million self-support houses in 2020-2024

long toll roads, three thousand-km-long new roads, and 60-km-long bridges to boost the nation's ...

Indonesian government to purchase 10,000 tons of rubber from farmers

Indonesia's Public Works and Public Housing Ministry plans to purchase 10,000 tons of rubber from farmers for use ...

President suggests three-point approach to NAM to tackle COVID-19

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has thrown strong light on three steps that the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) can ...

Online survey shows 12 percent respondents keen to embark on 'mudik'

While Indonesia has banned citizens from returning to their hometowns for Idul Fitri this year, in an online survey of ...

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Parents, teachers keep up with study-from-home schedules

With her two children at home on account of the coronavirus pandemic, Puspita, 35, is following a brand new routine ...

Use of village funds prioritized for COVID-19 efforts: official

The Indonesian Government is prioritizing the use of village funds, allocated from state and regional budgets, for ...