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Social Minister ensures adequate rice supply for social assistance

Social Affairs Minister Juliari P Batubara has ensured adequate rice supply for social assistance to 10 million ...

Minister: Economic growth in 2021 will hinge on 4 factors

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Tuesday outlined four factors that could help the Indonesian government ...

COVID-19: President asks businessmen not to give up, stay motivated

President Joko Widodo has appealed to micro and small businessmen in the Special Province of Yogyakarta not to give up ...

WB: Data synchronization critical for Indonesia's social aid program

The Indonesian government needs to carry out data synchronization to accelerate the distribution of social assistance ...

Rupiah weakens prior to end of PSBB transitional period

The Indonesian rupiah weakened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Wednesday prior to the end of ...

Wage subsidy assistance launched on August 27, 2020: Manpower minister

Wage subsidy assistance for workers, with income below Rp5 million, will be launched on Thursday (Aug 27) by President ...

IHSG projected to be flat to follow global stock markets

The Jakarta Composite Share Price Index (IHSG) is expected to trade flat on Wednesday to follow the trend of the global ...

Jan-July 2020 state budget deficit totaled 2.01 percent of GDP

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati noted that the 2020 State Budget (APBN) deficit during the period from January ...

State spending grew by 1.3 percent until July 2020: Minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated that until July 2020, state spending grew by 1.3 percent year-on-year ...

Government initiates disbursement of aid for low-wage workers

The government, on Monday, began the first phase of disbursement of aid for formal workers, with monthly income below ...

President calls to expedite distribution of direct cash assistance

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo stressed on the need to boost the distribution of direct cash ...

Jakarta police again hand out 15,000 staple food packages

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police again dispensed 15,000 staple food packages to community members in the metropolitan ...

Govt allocates Rp356.5 trillion to support national economic recovery

The Indonesian government has allocated Rp356.5 trillion in the 2021 draft state budget (RAPBN) to support the national ...

Ensure a smooth food supply chain nationwide: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), in his state-of-the-nation address on Friday, highlighted the significance of ensuring ...

MPR supports govt for recovery of health, economic sectors: speaker

People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Bambang Soesatyo emphasized that the institution he led entirely supported ...