#social safety net

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450-VA customers exempted from electricity tariff for three months

The government will not charge electricity tariff from 450-volt-ampere (VA) household customers in April, May, and June ...

COVID-19 affecting livelihoods of millions of East Java workers

Around 3.8 million workers engaged in the trade, transportation, accommodation, and food and beverage sectors, among ...

Government to offer economic stimulus to MSMEs affected by COVID-19

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) echoed the government’s decision to offer economic stimulus to micro small and ...

France repatriates over thousand of its tourists from Indonesia

France repatriated over one thousand tourists aboard chartered flights from Indonesia in the wake of the spread of ...

Jokowi instructs ministries to apply social safety net program

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed relevant ministries and institutions to implement a social safety net ...

Govt considers offering additional stimulus to bolster tourism sector

The Indonesian Government would consider offering additional stimulus for the tourism sector that has apparently borne ...

Jokowi urges officials to ramp up cash-funded labor intensive programs

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged officials in the regions to add more labor-intensive programs, financed in ...

Government allots Rp10 trillion for laid-off workers

The Indonesian government has apportioned funding of Rp10 trillion as a precautionary measure to address the rising ...

Govt to offer incentive to medical workers handling COVID-19 outbreak

The government has readied monthly financial incentive of Rp5 million-Rp15 million to be offered to medical workers on ...

Central, local governments must reallocate budget for corona handling

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given instructions to central and local governments to curtail budget allocation for ...

President orders incentives for doctors treating COVID-19 patients

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered the allocation of financial incentives for doctors and other medical workers ...

Third stimulus package to focus on health sector, says minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has hinted that the third round of stimulus measures will focus on the health ...

Prabowo criticizes Jokowi's frequent imports of basic commodities

Presidential candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto strongly criticized the Joko Widodo administration's frequent ...

Indonesia needs capable negotiators to meet trade war: Finance Minister

Finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Indonesia must prepare a clear stance, materials and capable negotiators ...

IMF-WB - Indonesia, Asean-5 economies to grow 5.2 percent next year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that Indonesia called as the ASEAN-5 economies along with Malaysia, ...