In a bid to support the Government’s efforts to alleviate extreme poverty in the country by 2024, Presidential Instruction Number 4 of 2022 on Acceleration of Extreme Poverty Alleviation was issued on June 8, 2022. “The Presidential Instruction aims at accelerating (poverty alleviation) since we are committed to reduce extreme poverty rate to zero percent […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing continues to carry out construction of the Way Apu Dam in Buru regency, Maluku province. The dam, which has a capacity of 50.05 million cubic meters, is targeted for completion in 2024. “The construction of the dam will be followed by the availability of the irrigation network. Thus, […]

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin Tuesday (06/14) has urged Indonesian sharia economic and financial actors to strengthen international cooperation so it can improve the country’s halal products competitiveness in the global market. “Be it in the development of the halal industry, halal tourism, or other halal businesses,” the Vice President said at the Opening of the […]

The Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) must be optimized to provide halal product certificates to ensure protection for people consuming halal products and to improve more added values in halal supply chain. The statement was made by Vice President Ma’ruf Amin on Tuesday (06/14) at the Inauguration of the 2022 International Halal Congress at the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on June 8 issued five Presidential Regulations on the establishment of Islamic State Universities based on the transformation of Islamic State Institutes. The five Islamic State Institutes (IAIN) that are transformed into Islamic State Universities (UIN) include: IAIN Batusangkar transformed into UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar as mandated by Presidential Regulation Number […]

The Government has rolled out foot and mouth disease (PMK) vaccinations for livestock in the country starting in East Java province. “We are trying to vaccinate the livestock. The faster, the better,” said Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo after attending a limited meeting at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (06/14). He explained that the […]

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin, Tuesday (06/14), distributed Santripreneur program aid from the National Zakat Agency (BAZNAS) at Hidayatussalikin Modern Islamic Boarding School in Bukit Intan sub-district, Bangka Belitung provincial capital of Pangkalpinang. Santripreneur is an entrepreneurship fostering program for Muslim students to build a new generation of Muslims who are righteous, virtuous, capable in business, […]

The Indonesian Government has allocated budget amounting to Rp44.8 trillion in order to support stunting reduction in 2022. The budget consists of spendings spread in 17 Ministries/Institutions up to Rp 34.1 trillion and in Regional Governments through Physical Special Allocation Fund (DAK) up to Rp8.9 trillion and Non-physical DAK up to Rp1.8 trillion. “We have […]

The authority to reshuffle the cabinet is fully on the President, according to Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung. “Cabinet is the authority of the President. The President has the prerogative to carry out the reshuffle whenever he wants. It can be done today, tomorrow, or the day after since it is the authority of the President,” […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged Government officials to prepare for global uncertainty, including the threat of food crisis, energy crisis and inflation. “We must be ready for this. Food supply must be managed properly, energy must be calculated correctly because half of our energy consumption is imported. Indonesia is a big country, and we […]