Mandatory spending in the State Budget bill 2021 will be revised to adjust to the condition during COVID-19 pandemic, according to Minister of National Development Planning/ Head of the National Development Planning Agency Suharso Monoarfa. First, a plan to widen the 2021 state budget deficit to 5.2 percent from its initial plan of 4.3 percent […]

The Government is committed to prudent fiscal policy for the next year’s State Budget financing, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani has said. “We will still rely on our Government Securities (SBN) whether it is domestic or global, conventional or sharia, and retail or non-retail,” the Minister said on Tuesday (28/7). The Minister also said that […]

Graduates of the state-run Institute of Public Administration (IPDN) must be the driver of innovation, the motor of bureaucratic reform, the motor of developing new ways of working, and the driving force of new governance, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “On this happy occasion, on my own behalf, on behalf of the people, on […]

The Indonesian people should adopt a new culture to work faster and dare to make breakthroughs, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. According to the President, Indonesia is currently facing a very difficult situation, namely health crisis and economic crisis that also hit almost 215 countries worldwide. “This problem is indeed not easy,” the President […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called participants of Joint Struggle Activity Program Year 2020 to give a different nuance, new thoughts, guidance as well as to find ways that are faster and goal-oriented. The President acknowledged that the problem lies in the bureaucracy, which is replete with too many regulations that must be reformed. “There […]

The formulation of 2021 draft state budget (RAPBN) will cover priority programs, according to Minister of National Development Planning (PPN) / Head of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa. According to the Minister, the programs cover several sectors such as industrial area development, tourism, and social reforms, health care, and food security, all of […]

This year’s commemoration of Indonesia’s Independence Day will be carried out in accordance with strict health protocols, Ministry of State Secretary Pratikno has said. “Stop your activity for three minutes on 17 August 2020 at 10.17 a.m. Western Indonesian Time. Stand at attention in honor of the independence commemoration,” the Minister said in a video […]

Graduates of state-run Institute of Public Administration (IPDN) are the future of the Government and an agent of reforms, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said. “It is in your hands that adaptation and reforms lie. It is your heart that will bring us closer with the people and serve them. It is your determination that will […]

The Government involved regional governments in the National Economic Recovery (PEN) program through several policies targeting wider public in order to recover Indonesia’s economy. The most recent policy in the program is National Economic Recovery Loan for the regions and Deposit Facility in publicly listed Bank Pembangunan Daerah. The Government, in the 2020 State Budget […]

Global economy is developing very dynamically and full of uncertainties, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. He also said that several world financial institutions constantly revise projection for this year’s global economic growth and next year’s growth projection. “The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) […]