Commission XI of the House of Representatives overseeing financial affairs and the Government on Thursday (3/9) approved stamp duty bill which will be ratified in a plenary session. According to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, during a deliberation at the Working Committee level, various policy adjustments on stamp duty have been agreed on aimed […]

In a bid to drive the country’s economy, the National Economic Recovery and Transformation Task Force (PEN) has announced it will realize the absorption target of the national economic recovery budget by the end of this year. Chief of the National Economic Recovery and Transformation Task Force Budi Gunadi Sadikin, during a press conference with […]

In a bid to ensure learning system policies will be well-implemented amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Anwar Makarim together with Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian has conducted a coordination meeting with all regional heads. “The principle of policies on education during the COVID-19 pandemic is to maintain the […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has committed to improving road and bridge infrastructure services, both toll roads and national roads to support logistics channels, especially to ensure the national economic recovery due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. One of the toll roads being completed is the 14.19 kilometer Cengkareng – Batu Ceper – Kunciran […]

The Government has announced it has managed to slow down the spread of COVID-19 for the past six months through a number of measures and policies. Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Mitigation Working Committee Wiku Adisasmito cited an example of a zoning system policy that has been in place to determine and control areas. The zoning […]

Office of Assistant to the Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Macroeconomics, Investment, and Enterprises of the Deputy for Economic Affairs held a virtual Focus Group Discussion (FGD) adopting a theme “Inflation and Digital Technology”, on Thursday (3/9). Assistant to the Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Macroeconomics, Investment, and Enterprises Roby A. Brata asserted that the FGD is […]

Commission II of the House of Representatives (DPR) during a Hearing Meeting with Cabinet Secretariat in Jakarta, Thursday (3/9), has agreed on the budget for the Cabinet Secretariat for 2021 The budget was decided at Rp339,755,142,000.00 (three hundred thirty-nine billion seven hundred fifty-five million one hundred and forty-two thousand rupiah). Meanwhile, for budget allocation for […]

Health workers will be prioritized for vaccination when COVID-19 vaccine is ready early next year, according to Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir. “Our meeting was focused on mapping all health workers, doctors, and nurses who will be the first to get vaccinated when the vaccine is ready next year. (The health workers) will also […]

The Government has announced it will continue to implement consolidative fiscal policy but remain expansive in the process of economic recovery next year in the 2021 State Budget bill, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani said. According to her, macroeconomic basis used as a calculation for the 2021 State Budget are economic growth in the range […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 7 of 2020 on the Acceleration of Repair and Reconstruction of Community Houses in Areas Affected by Earthquakes in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province. Link: https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176217/INSTRUKSI_PRESIDEN_NOMOR_7_TAHUN_2020.pdf In the FIRST Dictum, the President gives general instruction to relevant officials to accelerate the completion of the repair […]