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Social Affairs Ministry to open access for KPK widely on graft case

The Ministry of Social Affairs will open for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) widely to investigate the ...

Anti-graft agency grills Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has grilled Social Affairs Minister Juliari Peter Batubara (JPB) and Adi ...

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Public health efforts, economic recovery hinge on budget utilization

The coronavirus pandemic has delivered the largest economic shock the world has experienced in decades by forcing ...

Social Affairs Ministry officials face KPK probe over alleged bribery

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Deputy Chief Nurul Ghufron spoke of the agency conducting an investigation to ...

President calls on ministries, institutions to conduct auctions soon

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appealed to several ministries and institutions to conduct auctions for their activities ...

President Jokowi highlights four focus areas in 2021 State Budget

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that four areas will be prioritized in the 2021 ...

Govt's social empowerment budget raised by Rp30.1 trillion in 2021

The government is set to raise budget allocations for social empowerment in 2021 by Rp30.1 trillion to Rp91 trillion, ...

Government spent 55.1 percent of recovery budget until Nov 9

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati confirmed that the government had disbursed Rp383.01 trillion, or 55.1 percent ...

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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) ...

Government should make concrete steps to address recession: Lawmaker

A lawmaker has called on the government to take concrete steps to deal with economic recession on account of the ...

Govt spending fuels 3rd quarter growth: BPS

Government consumption was the only expenditure component that contributed to the country's growth in the third ...

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 ...

Realization of economic recovery funds has reached Rp366 trillion: PEN

Chairman of the Task Force for National Economic Recovery (PEN) and Transformation Budi Gunadi Sadikin affirmed that ...

Optimal social protection budget realization revs up economic recovery

Maximum budget realization for the National Economic Recovery (PEN) Program, especially pertaining to social ...

State budget instrumental in helping public thwart pandemic's impact

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati gave due weightage to the state budget as a crucial instrument to help the ...