Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has appealed taxpayers to immediately file annual tax returns (SPTs) before the deadline on 31 March for individuals and 30 April 2021 for corporations. “Do report the 2020 SPTs, especially for individual taxpayers. File them within this week, don’t wait until 31 March 2021. The deadline for corporate […]

Following the urgent need of vaccination, Indonesia on Monday (08/03) secured 1.1 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in finished form. According to Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi, these 1.113.600 AstraZeneca-vaccines, with a total weight of 4,1 tons, were the first shipment of the first batch via the COVAX facility. COVAX […]

1.1 million doses of ready-to-use COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca on Monday (08/03) arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang city, Banten province, Indonesia. The vaccine was obtained through COVAX Facility multilateral cooperation. This multilateral effort has started to borne fruit. At the end of February, the first delivery of multilateral vaccines began. And today Indonesia […]

A consumer survey by central bank Bank Indonesia (BI) in February 2021 showed that the Consumer Confidence Index in February 2021 slightly rose to 85.8 from 84.9 in January 2021. Respondents with the spending rate of Rp1-3 million per month have reported increased consumer confidence. Spatially, consumer confidence improved in 7 cities where the survey […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (08/03) during the 2021 National Work Meeting of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) on strengthening tech innovation ecosystems conveyed three directions to support the role of the BPPT and tech innovation ecosystems in Indonesia. On that occasion, President Jokowi urged the agency to become […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has encouraged economy based on innovation and technology. “We must shift from commodity-based economy to economy based on innovation and technology,” the President said at the inauguration of the 2021 National Work Meeting of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) on the Reinforcement of Technology Innovation Ecosystem […]

  The issuance of Government Regulation Number 27 of 2021 on Business Process in the Maritime and Fisheries Sector will provide ease of doing business, including for capture fisheries licensing, Acting Director General of Capture Fisheries of Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Muhammad Zaini has said. The Regulation, which is one of the implementing […]

Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms has stated that all functional positions in Government Institutions must comply with Regulation of Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Number 13/2019 on the Proposal, Determination and Development of Functional Positions for Civil Servants. “All existing functional positions must be evaluated based on Regulation of […]

In a bid to strengthen food estate program aimed to anticipate national food crisis, Ministry of Agriculture affirmed the importance of increasing production and strengthening food reserves, one of which is through intensive assistance efforts for farmers. According to Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo Syahrul, the Ministry will make maximum efforts on all fronts […]

Ministry of Health continues to take measures to facilitate the public to get access to COVID-19 vaccine, including by among others providing outlets for the elderly and those in travel and tourism sector. “With this initiative, the elderly does not have to queue for a long time and does not have to travel far to […]