Press Statement of President of the Republic of Indonesia Regarding Eid Allowance and Annual Bonus for State Apparatus, Government Employees with Work Agreements, Personnel of the Indonesian National Police and the National Defense Forces, Judges, and Retirees for 2025 at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta Wednesday, March 11th, 2025

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Good afternoon,

May prosperity be upon us all,

Syalom,

Salve,

Om swastiastu,

Namo Buddhaya,

Greetings of Virtue.

My Fellow Countrymen,

Distinguished Media,

Today is the 11^th day of Ramadan, and we are moving closer to the Eid Al Fitr 1446 Hijr. The Government acknowledges that the public mobility and consumption during Ramadan and Eid holiday is quite high. For that reason, the Government has issued several policies to help the public facing those challenges.

The policies are, among others:

1. Reduction in airfare prices by at least 13-14 percent during the two-week Eid holiday period;
2. Reduction in toll road and transportation fares during the homecoming season;
3. Eid allowance for private sector, state-owned enterprises (SPE), and regional government-owned enterprises employees; and
4. Eid allowance for online drivers and couriers that was just announced yesterday.

Regarding Eid holiday, I have signed Government Regulation Number 11 of 2025 on Policy of Eid Allowance and the Annual Bonus for State Apparatus (13^th salary). The Eid Allowance and the Annual Bonus will be given to all state apparatus at both central and regional levels, including civil servants, government employees with work agreements, personnel of the Indonesian National Police and the National Defense Forces, judges, as well as retirees, with a total of 9.4 million recipients.

The amount of the Eid Allowance and the Annual Bonus for central state apparatus, personnel of the Indonesian National Police and the National Defense Forces, and judges includes the basic salary, fixed allowances, and a 100 percent performance allowance. Meanwhile, for the regional state apparatus, the same policy applies similarly to the central state apparatus, albeit adjusted based on each region’s fiscal capacity.

For retirees, it will be given in the amount of their monthly pension. The Eid Allowance for state apparatus will be disbursed two weeks before Eid al-Fitr, starting Monday (03/17). Meanwhile, the Annual Bonus will be paid in June this year, coinciding with the start of the new school year.

We hope this policy will help manage expenses during the homecoming season, especially during the Eid holiday.

I would like to thank Minister of Finance and Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reforms who have worked hard to prepare these matters. I’d also like to thank all state apparatus, judges, and personnel of the Indonesian National Defense Forces and the Indonesian National Police wherever they are serving.

Thank you.

Wassalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

May prosperity be upon us all,

Syalom,

Salve,

Om santi santi santi om,

Namo Buddhaya,

Greetings of Virtue.

Thank you.

Happy fasting to everyone.

Please note that the performance allowance will be given 100 percent, as stated by Minister of Finance.

I thank you.

(EST/EP)