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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 ...

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 ...

Pandemic can provide momentum for reform : Finance Minister

Indonesia’s Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, has said the COVID-19 pandemic could provide momentum for ...

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 ...

Govt to provide aid to 13.8 mln low-wage workers in Q3

Formal workers with an income of less than Rp5 million per month will receive government aid in the third quarter of ...

Government readies additional stimulus for workers to boost economy

Chief Executive of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery Erick Thohir highlighted that the ...

Economic recovery scenario to remain in place until 2021: minister

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has said the economic recovery scenario prepared by the ...

Health Minister says hospitals not trying to profit from pandemic

Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has refuted allegations that hospitals have been trying to profit from ...

Some 667 expectant mothers in Surabaya underwent swab tests: authority

Some 667 expectant mothers at 37 weeks of gestation in Surabaya, East Java, underwent swab tests to confirm they are ...

Govt's intervention to curb increase in poor population: Bappenas

Governmental intervention to disburse social assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic will curb the increase in the poor ...

Government's Tapera program will be added burden on workforce: KSPSI

The government's latest public housing savings program (Tapera), necessitating employees and employers to ...

Dompet Dhuafa, PWI help journalists affected by COVID-19 crisis

The Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) and Muslim philanthropic organization Dompet Dhuafa collaborated to help ...

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Indonesian media outlets need help to survive COVID-19

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has become a global disaster that causes serious implications to public health and ...

Indonesia's foreign debt reached US$389.3 billion in Q1 2020

Indonesia's external debt at the first quarter (Q1) end of 2020 was recorded at US$389.3 billion, a 0.5-percent ...

Government prepares Rp3.1 trillion subsidy for BPJS participants

The government has prepared Rp3.1 trillion in subsidy for participants of two schemes offered by the Health Care and ...