Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the Government continues to strengthen the pre-employment card program. According to Ministry of Finance’s Director General of Budget Askolani, an addition of 400,000 workers are set to become recipients of pre-employment card program this year, making it a total of 6 million workers from the previous 5.6 million workers under […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has decided to accelerate the realization of Cash Labor-Intensive Programs for 2020 across 34 provinces. The Ministry has prepared a budget of RP10 trillion to finance the programs. This decision which was based on the instruction of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo primarily aims to maintain people’s purchasing […]

Director General of Budget of the Ministry of Finance Askolani has said that hospitals are now able to submit claim to the Ministry of Health for the cost of COVID-19 handling. Askolani delivered the statement in a joint video conference on social assistance held by the Directorate General of Budget, the Directorate General of Treasury […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has completed the construction of observation/isolation/quarantine facilities for contagious disease mitigation, particularly the COVID-19, in Galang Island in Riau Islands Province. The facilities, which were built under President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s order, have been in operation since Monday (6/4). The observation/isolation/quarantine facilities – which were officially opened by […]

Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani has announced that Indonesian Government has issued electronic global bonds worth US$4.3 billion in three series, namely RI1030, RI1050, and RI0470. The RI1030 is worth US$1.65 billion with a global yield of 3.9% and the tenure of 10.5 years which will be due on 15 October 2030. The RI1050 […]

Social safety net program must be conducted thoroughly to ensure that people can meet their basic needs and support health measures taken by the Government including the Large-scale Social Restrictions (PSBB), according to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani. “Minister of Social Affairs has mentioned before that in the package, Rp110 trillion of budget is allocated […]

Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto has approved the implementation of Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) in Jakarta. The decision was made with the issuance of Minister of Health Decision Number HK.01.07/Menkes/239/2020 on 7 April 2020. The implementation of PSBB in Jakarta is expected to accelerate the handling of COVID-19. The Minister stated that Jakarta experienced […]

The Government has been implementing several safety net programs amidst the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, according to Minister of Social Affairs Juliari P. Batubara. The programs, the Minister said, are as follows: First, the Family Hope Program (PKH). The beneficiaries of the program have increased from 9.2 million beneficiary families to 10 million beneficiary families, with […]

Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the Government has renewed commitment to protect the people against the impacts of the outbreak and to maintain people’s purchasing power, particularly the disadvantaged in rural areas. To that end, the Government has issued two programs, namely the social protection program and the cash intensive-labor program. “The programs are aimed […]

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the Government continues to strengthen the social safety net program. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (7/4) during a limited meeting on the Distribution of the Social Safety Net Program through a Video Conference from the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta said the program should meet the target that has been set […]