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Timely budget spending crucial for economic recovery amid COVID-19

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) delivered a strong rebuke to ministers and leaders of state institutions over the slow ...

Police's involvement in handling COVID-19 is important: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted the criticality of the police’s involvement in handling the COVID-19 ...

Speeded up social assistance distribution, says ministry

Social Affairs Minister Juliari P Batubara said his ministry has made headway in efforts to accelerate provision of ...

Jokowi stresses on prompt fund disbursal for COVID-19 health services

President Joko Widodo has urged his aides to expedite the disbursement of funding for the payment of COVID-19-related ...

Minister optimistic budget for MSMEs will boost national economy

Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises, Teten Masduki, said he is optimistic the government, ...

Govt's intervention to curb increase in poor population: Bappenas

Governmental intervention to disburse social assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic will curb the increase in the poor ...

Bulog to distribute 900,000 tons rice to 10 million families

The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is prepared to hand out 900 thousand tons of rice under the government's social ...

Capital expenditure reaches 62.9 percent: minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said that the realization of capital expenditure until the end of November 2018 had ...

Government aims to strengthen manufacturing sector to boost economy

The Indonesian government aims to strengthen the manufacturing sector to boost the national economy, Coordinating ...

Government expresses commitment to increase quality of economic growth

The government has expressed its commitment to increasing the quality of economic growth in an attempt to help reduce ...

WB approves financial support for social assistance program

The World Banks Board of Executive Directors approved a US$200-million (Rp2.6 trillion) financing to support the ...

President Jokowi visits Papua to inaugurate several projects

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) paid a working visit to Papua, Tuesday, to inaugurate the Integrated State Boundary ...

President Jokowi wants Indonesian younger generation more competitive

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) distributed 395 Indonesian Smart Cards as part of the social assistance cards for ...

Indonesia`s Gini ratio down to 0.408 in 2015: Bappenas

Indonesias income gap ratio, or the Gini ratio, has fallen from 0.413 in 2014 to 0.408 this year, according to an ...

Australian performer to celebrate achievement with disabilities in Jakarta

To mark the International Day of People with Disabilities the Australian Embassy here is to host the Music for All ...