Improvement in demand side and production side supports the national economic recovery, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said. “The economic recovery has been seen on two sides, namely the demand side (improvement on inflation) and the production side (higher Purchasing Manager’s Index). This is in line with the program and policies […]
Indonesia has managed to address COVID-19 pandemic in terms of health and economic sectors, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “The hard work is starting to show results. We have seen positive signals,” said President Jokowi in his remarks at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Bank Indonesia, Thursday (3/12). Based on data as of Thursday […]
The 2021 State Budget will be focused to speed up economic recovery and to strengthen reforms, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday (2/12). “Next year, we will spend Rp2,750 trillion to carry on COVID-19 handling programs and carry out vaccination program. We will continue to support several social protection programs and to […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has submitted list of 18 candidates of the Ombudsman members for the 2021-2026 period to the House of Representatives (DPR), Minister of State Secretary Pratikno has said. “Through letter Number R-46/PRES/12/2020, dated 2 December 2020, the President has submitted the 18 candidate names to the DPR,” the Minister said in a […]
The implementation of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement will bring benefits to Indonesian business players to boost export of their products, Minister of Trade Agus Suparmanto has said, Tuesday (1/12). “Our business players, either small or big, can get benefits from the implementation of RCEP agreement. They can export their products to RCEP participating […]
In a bid to prevent new COVID-19 clusters, the Indonesian Government has officially decided to cut three days of the 2020 collective leaves. The decision was stated in the Joint Decree of Minister of Religious Affairs, Minister of Manpower, and Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Number 744/2020, 05/2020, and 06/2020 on […]
Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Anwar Makarim has launched health protocol campaigns to tackle COVID-19 in 77 regional languages in Indonesia. According to the Minister, the move aims to disseminate the information to the public in languages that are easily understood. “The messages conveyed by the Government to follow health protocols still need to […]
President Jokowi ordered his administration to concentrate on the 2020 budget realization with the year nearing its end. “In relation to the 2020 budget realization, it is only about three weeks left. So, I instruct everyone to concentrate on the budget realization,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said during the Plenary Cabinet Session, at the State […]
In a bid to support the 2.5 million millennial farmers program initiated by Ministry of Agriculture, Special Staffer to the President Billy Mambrasar had a meeting with the Petani Muda Keren (Cool Young Farmers/PMK) community in Gobleg Village, Buleleng Regency, Bali Province, Monday (30/11/). This program aims at supporting national food security. According to the […]
Regional heads are the authorized person to control the spread of COVID-19 in their respective regions, according to Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian. To that end, the Minister called on regional heads to take more strict and serious measures in imposing health protocols since the number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased by […]
