Jakarta – The budget plan of the Ministry of Social Affairs reached Rp104 trillion during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing from the initial Rp627 trillion assigned in the budget.
” In terms of work programs, rather a considerable quantity of spending plan was designated up until today, with the quantity having actually reached Rp104 trillion,” Minister of Social Affairs, Juliari Batubara, stated during a virtual conversation session with press reporters in the field in Jakarta, Friday.
Batubara pointed to the spending plan hike of Rp40 trillion that will be raised again to Rp120 trillion till December 2020.
” The Ministry of Social Affairs’ budget had actually ended up being the second-largest after the Ministry of Defense, from at first being the sixth-largest,” he mentioned.
With this significant amount of budget plan, the work of the Social Affairs Ministry too has actually increased generally in connection with the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Social Affairs is tasked with dispersing social assistance, in addition to regular social assistance, such as the Family Hope Program (PKH) and Non-Cash Food Help (BPNT), in addition to unique support for those impacted by COVID-19
Money Social Assistance (BST) of the same value is planned for nine million people impacted by COVID-19 outside the Jabodetabek area.
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