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President outlines plan to exempt MSMEs from income tax for six months

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has confirmed a plan to exempt micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with an annual ...

COVID-19 will push up Indonesia's poverty rate: VP

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has predicted the country's poverty rate would increase amid the COVID-19 ...

IsDB provides emergency funds to mitigate economic brunt of COVID-19

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati echoed the Islamic Development Bank's (IsDB's) readiness to furnish ...

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Laid-off workers to benefit from Pre-Employment Card Program

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered massive layoffs globally, including Indonesia, hammering ...

East Java Governor suggests large-scale social distancing measure

East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa has made a request to Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto on implementing ...

Greater Jakarta to receive staple food aid on April 20

The government’s social assistance, in the form of staple food, will be distributed to vulnerable residents ...

DKI Jakarta's social aid packages incorporate six essential items

The DKI Jakarta provincial government continues to distribute social aid packages, comprising six essential items, to ...

Government to step up capacity of pre-employment card participants

The government will raise the capacity of participants and the budget for the pre-employment card program in the coming ...

Realized state spending in 2020 first quarter reaches Rp462.4 trillion

The realized state spending in the first quarter of 2020 reached Rp462.4 trillion, constituting 17.8 percent of the ...

Riau: 250,000 COVID-19 affected families to get Rp600,000 in aid

The Riau provincial government will provide Rp600 thousand in social assistance to each of around 250 thousand families ...

COVID-19: Jakarta Governor seeks suspension of commuter lines

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has urged ad interim Transportation Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan to suspend ...

President prioritizing economic stimulus for MSMEs

President Joko Widodo is giving priority to economic stimulus for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which ...

Govt still finalizes policy on COVID-19 as national disaster

Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, on Tuesday stated that the government is in the final stages of preparing ...

Health Ministry regulations will apply for PSSB: task force

During the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), the regulations issued by the Ministry of Health, ...

1.6 million workers laid off, forced to take unpaid leave

Some 1.6 million workers have been laid off and forced to take unpaid leave due to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 ...