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State spending grew 15.5 percent as of September 2020

Until September 31, 2020, state expenditure had grown by 15.5 percent (yoy), amounting to Rp1,841.1 trillion, from ...

Indonesia's economic recovery began in third quarter of 2020: Minister

Indonesia's economic recovery began in the 2020 third quarter (Q3) owing to government spending on the National ...

Govt aims to expand aid, cover 20 mln micro businesses: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the government is targeting to increase the number of micro business beneficiaries ...

Government disburses Rp304.6 trillion for handling COVID-19

The government has disbursed Rp304.6 trillion of its Rp695.2-trillion budget for COVID-19 handling and the economic ...

Stricter social distancing measures crucial to control COVID-19: UI

Based on data compiled as of September 24, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia has not shown any signs of abating ...

Govt's Rp293-trillion social safety net cluster funds to reduce burden

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) shed light on the government’s disbursal of social safety net cluster funds of ...

Prioritize efforts to thwart spread of COVID-19: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called to give top priority to endeavors to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, ...

Ensure social safety net is effective and on target: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on his staff to ensure that programs under the social protection net scheme ...

Sri Mulyani expects economic improvement to shore up tax revenue

Minister of Finance (Menkeu), Sri Mulyani Indrawati, said she expects the improvement in economic performance, ...

Some 300 residents employed in Bogor-Sukabumi railway line project

The Transportation Ministry has recruited at least 300 local people to support the Bogor-Sukabumi double-track railway ...

Focusing on distributing social assistance funds: PEN task force

Chairman of the National Economic Recovery and Transformation Task Force (Satgas PEN), Budi Gunadi Sadikin, said the ...

Need to expedite provision of direct cash assistance: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged that the distribution of all direct cash social assistance to the public be ...

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, ...

Govt to cut per capita rice consumption by 2024

The Indonesian Agriculture Ministry has set itself the target of lowering national per capita rice consumption by 7 ...

2021 draft budget falls short on lifting purchasing power: Indef

A senior economist with the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), Didin S Damanhuri, has opined ...