The Government will use Village Funds to finance the implementation of One Map Policy program. One map policy, particularly village maps plays important role in resolving overlapping land claims. Thus, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed Ministry of Finance to allocate budget, taken from  the Village Funds, to finance this program.

The Indonesian Government since 2016 has taken measures to accelerate the implementation of the One Map Policy that aims to synchronize, integrate, and compile different geospatial information on every island, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “I have received reports that the One Map Policy acceleration team has succeeded in compiling 84 thematic maps from […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo highlighted the importance of immediate action on any hotspot and the significance of coordination meeting during the National Coordination Meeting on Forest and Land Fires. “This is our routine from year to year. Every time we enter the dry season we always gather here, President Jokowi stated at the meeting at […]

In a bid to tackle forest and land fires occurring in the country, the Government will continue to implement law enforcement, including administrative, civil or criminal law. “Many of the perpetrators of forest and land burning have felt the impact of this law enforcement in the past years. I hope the punishments can give them […]

There are two major aspects in capital relocation and its development plans, namely institutional affairs and financing, General Secretary of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Himawan Hariyoga has said. During a public relations coordination meeting adopting the theme “Progress of Policy on Capital Relocation” on Thursday (6/2) in Jakarta, Himawan explained that the public […]

In a bid to support the Government’s focus on human capital development, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing last year rehabilitated educational infrastructure at state schools, madrasah (Islamic religious schools), and universities, as well as sports infrastructure & facilities. In details, the Ministry announced it has 1,679 schools, including 179 Islamic religious schools (madrasah) […]

Products developed by research agencies and universities should be integrated with industries so that those products can be mass-produced and bring direct impacts for the society, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. According to the President, national industries are nowadays able to produce high-technology products, one of which is Elang Hitam (Black Eagle) Drone, a […]

In the wake of the spread of coronavirus in several countries that have led to the decline of foreign tourists, the Indonesian Government gears up to boost domestic tourists to travel to popular destinations across the country, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Wishnutama Kusubandio has announced. “In the wake of the spread of novel […]

The Agency for the Implementation of State Ideology of Pancasila (BPIP) is tasked to internalize the values of Pancasila state ideology to the nation’s youths particularly to those under 39 years old on a daily basis, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We hope that following the appointment of Prof. Yudian as BPIP Chairman, internalization […]

In a bid to combat coronavirus outbreak, the Government provides hotlines in nine Government ministries including the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Manpower, the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM), and the Ministry of Finance, especially the Customs and Excise, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto has said. “The […]