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Government to disburse social aid to 17 million beneficiary families

The Social Affairs Ministry has set a target to hand out social assistance to 17,496,185 beneficiary families (KPM) ...

COVID-19 pandemic raises inequality, hinders poverty alleviation: WB

The general, protracted slowdown in economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic has mired poverty reduction and ...

1,121 Social Affairs Ministry staff get COVID shot

The Social Affairs Ministry administered COVID-19 vaccines to 1,121 civil servants and non-civil service staff, in ...

Indonesian army building 8 homes for poor in Sorong

Indonesian army personnel are building eight livable houses for poor households in Kamlin village of Wemak ...

Malnutrition can raise risk of infectious, non-communicable diseases:

Malnutrition can raise the risk of health problems and infectious and non-communicable diseases, including ...

1,800 Social Affairs Ministry civil servants get COVID-19 vaccination

A total of 1,800 civil servants (ASN) at the Social Affairs Ministry were administered the COVID-19 vaccination in a ...

Fishing vessel captain accused of abandoning 7 seamen

The captain of a fishing vessel, KM Jaya Utama, has been accused of leaving seven crew members stranded at the Merauke ...

Two million children to become poverty-stricken sans social aid

Over two million Indonesian children would be plunged into poverty if the government halted social assistance to poor ...

Baktimed, European body donate Rp60 mln for quake victims

The Bakti Nusantara Medika Foundation (Baktimed) and the European Association for Advanced Indonesia (PETJ) on Tuesday ...

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Social security program seeks to address poverty challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered a global economic crisis, is posing a real challenge to many countries, ...

Students pulled out of school, pushed into marriage amid pandemic:

The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, which is forcing students to study online from home, is becoming a trigger for many to ...

Coronavirus may survive on mask for a week: researcher

SARS-CoV 2 causing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can last inside a surgical mask for seven days and its front or ...

Economic recovery program rescued five million people from poverty

The national economic recovery program (PEN), especially social protection in 2020, rescued over five million people ...

Indonesia's Gini ratio rises to 0.385

Indonesia’s Gini ratio, a statistical measure used for gauging economic inequality in a population, rose slightly ...

Number of poor Indonesians rose by 2.76 million amid pandemic

The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 2.76 million to reach 27.55 million of the population in September ...