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Indonesia hopes for vaccine-driven economic turnaround

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused severe public health problems, but also crippled the economy of ...

Govt's economic recovery strategy hinges on vaccination, budget

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, revealed the government's strategy for driving ...

PEN allocation projected to reach Rp553.09 trillion in 2021: Hartarto

Projected budget allocation for the national economic recovery program (PEN) this year will reach Rp553.09 trillion, or ...

Maintaining fiscal reform, vaccine key to growth: Hartarto

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has outlined three key steps to accelerate ...

Social Affairs Ministry records budget realization of 97.11% in 2020

The realization of budgetary funds at the Social Affairs Ministry reached 97.11 percent of the ceiling of Rp134.17 ...

Ministry deploys Tagana to help evacuate Sumedang landslide victims

The Social Affairs Ministry has deployed the Disaster Preparedness Youth (Tagana) to help the evacuation of victims of ...

Step up health protocols after countries imposed lockdown: President

President Joko Widodo urged provincial governors to reinstate health protocols and sought stringent public discipline ...

Regions to obtain 29.55 million COVID-19 vaccine doses until March

President Joko Widodo has set a target to dispatch 29.55 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in regions until March ...

Governors' complete support sought to expedite food estate licensing

President Joko Widodo appealed to governors of provinces, where food estate development was underway, to offer complete ...

Government to integrate social assistance programs: Monoarfa

The government will integrate several social assistance programs conducted by different ministries and institutions, ...

President holds limited meeting on reforming social protection system

Indonesian President Joko Widodo held a limited meeting with Vice President Ma'ruf Amin and Indonesia Onward ...

Economic recovery, public prioritized in 2021 government spending

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati highlighted that government spending in the 2021 State Budget will center on ...

Jokowi highlights factors to propel economic recovery in 2021

COVID-19 vaccination program, Job Creation Law, import duty reduction agreement on Indonesian export products to the ...

Government to continue several policies in 2021

Indonesian President Joko Widodo affirmed that the government will continue several policies that it had implemented in ...

Year Ender 2020

COVID-19 frontline health workers require protection

A year since the first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection was reported in Wuhan City, China, the SARS ...