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97 percent of national rice assistance distributed

The distribution of social assistance in the form of rice for the poor, during the period of January-March 2018, has ...

Indonesia`s first-quarter growth to exceed 5.01 percent: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Agus Martowardojo believes that the national economy will grow above 5.01 percent in the ...

Government prepares sustainable program to address Asmat problems

The Indonesian government has prepared a sustainable program after the extraordinary status of measles and ...

President distributes thousands of social assistance cards

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) distributed thousands of social assistance cards in Gowa District of South Sulawesi ...

Maxima encourages more systematic financial inclusion in Indonesia

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani said Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, the United ...

Social affairs ministry sends food to tackle measles, malnutrition in Asmat

The Ministry of Social Affairs has sent food to tackle the extraordinary outbreaks of measles and malnutrition in ...

Government asks Bulog to intensify rice market operations

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution has asked the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) to ...

Government seeks to lower poverty rate to below 10 percent this year

The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has set itself the target of lowering poverty rate to less than 10 ...

Oil, food prices influence 2018 inflation: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Agus Martowardojo has stated that the rise of the world`s oil prices and foodstuffs could ...

Jakarta governor launches senior citizen card

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, on Thursday, launched the Jakarta Senior Citizen Card (KLJ) for the capital city`s ...

Underprivileged families to get non-cash food assistance

The government is planning to provide Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT) and rice social assistance (Rastra) program for ...

President offers marital advice to daughter

President Joko Widodo offered marital advice to his daughter Kahiyang Ayu, who married Muhamad Bobby Nasution, to love ...

Low inflation yet to boost household consumption

Despite a downward trend of inflation rate, household consumption of several goods and services in Indonesia slowed ...

Finance minister to study middle and upper class consumption pattern

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati will study the consumption pattern of middle and upper class societies who give ...

Indonesia forecast to register 5.3-5.4 percent Q4 economic growth: BI

The countrys central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), has estimated that economic growth in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017 ...