President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on his Cabinet Minister to oversee the impacts of the drop in global crude oil prices on the country’s economy. “We’ve learned that world oil prices are now declining to roughly below US$30 per barrel and I call for calculation of its impact on the economy,” the President said […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called for periodic evaluation and monitoring to industries which have received incentives on gas prices. “For industries which fail to meet good performance and set targets, disincentives or sanctions will be imposed,” the President said in his introduction in an online limited meeting on the Adjustment of Gas for Industries […]

The Government has announced it will provide incentives on gas pricing for industries, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani said. The measure to reduce gas prices, she added, will certainly affect the State Budget; thus it should only be given to companies with good performance, she added.

Presidential Regulation Number 40 of 2016 stipulates that eight industrial sectors are entitled to new gas price, according to Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita. According to the Minister, Ministry of Industry has proposed 88 companies to be entitled to the gas price of US$ 6 per mmbtu.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (18/3) made an impromptu visit to State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Warehouse, Jakarta to check the stock of rice. Upon his arrival at 9 a.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB), President Jokowi was welcomed by President Director of Bulog Budi Waseso. The President then inspected the warehouse and check the quality […]

To reduce gas price to US$ 6 per mmbtu, the upstream gas price should be reduced to US$ 4 – US$4.5 per million British thermal unit (mmbtu) and transmission and distribution costs should be reduced to US$1.5 to US$ 2 per mmbtu, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif. “The Government revenue […]

The Government has announced that the 2020 regional head elections will be conducted as scheduled considering that the coronavirus outbreak may not hamper the elections. “We have no plan yet to change the schedule of regional elections  in September. The entire election process related is still under way, including operational technical preparations, political preparations, security […]

In a bid to combat the spreading the coronavirus, the Indonesian Government has announced plan to implement new policies regarding people crossing from and to the country as per Friday (20/3). “The Government continues to closely follow the World Health Organization (WHO) situation report on the spread of covid-19,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno […]

The Government has officially announced the postponement of the recruitment process of Civil Servants Candidates (CPNS) amidst coronavirus outbreak. “The Competency Test (SKB), which is planned to take place from 25 March 2020, will be postponed until the further policy is made by the National Selection Committee (Panselnas),” Acting Head of Public Relations Bureau of […]

The Indonesian Government on Tuesday (17/3) confirmed 38 new infections of covid-19, bringing the total confirmed cases to 172. The Government’s spokesperson on covid-19 Achmad Yurianto reported that the additional cases mostly came from capital Jakarta, East Java province, Central Java province, and Riau Islands province.