President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on 21 December 2020, has signed Presidential Regulation Number 118 of 2020 on the Procurement of Industrial Technology through the Turnkey Project. The issuance of the Regulation aims to implement the provisions of Article 39 paragraph (3) of Law Number 3 of 2014 on Industry which has been amended by […]

Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms (PANRB) has issued Circular Number 6 of 2021 on Intercity Travel Activity Restrictions for State Civil Apparatus (ASN) during Isra Miraj Nabi Muhammad SAW (Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad) and Nyepi Tahun Baru Saka 1943 (Balinese Day of Silence and New Year​ 1943) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Misinformation and disinformation pose as challenges in the digital age where people can easily obtain information and voice their criticism through digital platforms, Presidential Spokesperson and Special Staffer on Communication, Fadjroel Rachman has said. “Major challenges we are facing today are not criticism, but misinformation and disinformation instead. The problem is that misinformation and disinformation […]

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, on behalf of the Government, has decided that there will be no electricity tariff hike for 13 non-subsidized customer groups from 1 April to 30 June 2021. The Ministry’s Electricity Director Rida Mulyana, on Monday (8/3), said that the Ministry will continue to encourage the State-owned Electricity Company PT […]

  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 […]