#middle and upper class

Collection of middle and upper class news, found 28 news.

Need 30,000 nutritionists for free meals program: official

Thirty thousand nutritionists, spread across each BGN service unit, will be needed to adjust the Free Nutritious Meals ...

Middle-class resilience key to sustaining Indonesia's economy

The middle class plays a key role in strengthening a country's economy, as it accounts for the largest share of ...

Indonesia's social protection supports poor, middle class: minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati emphasized that the social protection budget allocation in the State Budget ...

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EVs at G20 Summit drive home energy transition agenda

The transition to sustainable energy has been one of the three main issues raised during Indonesia’s G20 ...

Minister outlines 3 policies for tourism sector amid fuel price hike

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has outlined three policies for handling the impact of the rise in ...

Anti-fuel price hike protesters should avoid anarchy: Vice Governor

Vice Governor of Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria made an earnest request to the public to refrain from anarchy while staging ...

Government should review VAT imposition plan on basic needs: DPR

DPR Vice Chairman Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar sought governmental review on a plan to impose value-added tax on basic ...

MPR deputy chief questions VAT imposition plan on food stuffs

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Vice Chairman Arsul Sani questioned the government's plan to impose ...

Govt moves to offer LPG under direct subsidy

The Indonesian government is seeking to revise the 3-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder and kerosene ...

Bank credit disbursal instrumental to economic recovery in 2021

Economist at Padjadjaran University Aldrin Herwany gauged that credit disbursement by banks to business actors would ...

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Indonesian economy shows signs of recovery

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed that the Indonesian economy had contracted 3.49 percent year-on-year (yoy) ...

Improvement in economic growth driven by fiscal stimulus: minister

Fiscal stimulus helped improve the economic growth figure to minus 3.49 percent in the third quarter, better than the ...

Minister Thohir strategizes about building health service area

State Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir has planned to build a health service area in order to bring about improvements ...

Alleged Pakistani drug lord's body not yet handed over to his family

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police is still waiting to hand over the body of an alleged Pakistani drug lord, identified by ...

News focus - Jakarta intensifies promotion activities of Asian Games 2018

In less than a year, the 18th Asian Games will be organized in Jakarta and the South Sumatran provincial capital of ...