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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 ...

Jokowi supports BPK auditing state finance for COVID-19 handling

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is in favor of the audit to be conducted by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) in the ...

Indonesia's new cases reach 2,880 on Monday, with total 196,989

Indonesia recorded 2,880 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, thereby bringing the total tally of infections to ...

Govt to ensure social assistance distribution continues next year

President Joko Widodo’s administration is working to ensure that the distribution of social assistance, as part ...