In a bid to accelerate regional development, the Government next year will allocate Transfer to Regions and Village Funds in the 2019 Bill on the State Budget amounting to Rp832.3 trillion. This amount is a 9% increase from the estimated realization in 2018 or an increase of 45.1 percent from the realization in 2014 that […]
President Joko Jokowi Widodo received a courtesy call from South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-Yon and North Korean Deputy Prime Minister Ri Ryong Nam at Cofftea House, Gelora Bung Karno sports complex, Jakarta, on Saturday (18/8). On that occasion, President Jokowi appreciated North Korea and South Korea for forming a joint contingent in the 18th […]
During the handing over Asian Games torch to Chairman of the Indonesia Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) Eric Tohir at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Friday (8/17), President Jokowi reminded Tohir to always uphold the principle of fair play.
President Joko Jokowi Widodo confirmed that the 2019 State Budget financing will be carried out accountably. The budget deficit and debt to GDP ratio will be controlled within the safe limits, in accordance with the provisions of Law.
President Joko Jokowi Widodo officially opened the 18th Asian Games – Asias biggest sporting event – at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (GBK), Senayan, Jakarta, Saturday (8/18) evening in a dazzling ceremony. “By saying bismillahirrahmanirrahim (in the name of God the most merciful and gracious), I declare the 18th Asian Games 2018 open,” the […]
Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that as a member of the G-20 with GDP exceeding US$4,000 per capita, Indonesia’s economy position is currently between rank 15 or 16 in the world. Indonesia will soon become a great nation, which previously was considered as an emerging, growing nation, Pramono Anung said in an interview prior to […]
The most important asset that Indonesia has is its people and to improve the quality of human resources and in accordance with the Constitution, the Government allocates 20 percent of the State Budget for education, according to President Joko Jokowi Widodo. The President made the statement when delivering State Budget Bill (RUU APBN) for 2019 […]
In addition to boost development of human resources, the Government also continues to develop the infrastructure. The budget allocation for infrastructure, which in 2014 only amounted to around Rp154.7 trillion, was escalated to Rp256.1 trillion at the beginning of the Working Cabinet in 2015, in the 2019 Bill on the State Budget it is to […]
In another part of his speech at the Annual Session of the Peoples Consultative Assembly of the Republic Indonesia 2018 on Thursday (8/16), President Joko Jokowi Widodo stated that for almost four years, the Government has struggled to recover peoples trust through the real work of developing the country from Sabang to Merauke, from Miangas […]
The Government ordered Pertamina, a state-owned oil and gas company, to purchase crude oil produced by the national oil and gas Cooperation Contract Contractors (KKKS). This policy is a direct order from President Joko Jokowi Widodo during a Limited Cabinet Meeting as part of a program to increase foreign exchange in energy and mineral resources […]
