Ministry of Finance Speaks Out About the Source of Social Assistance Budget Ahead of the Elections

Kemenkeu Buka Suara Soal Sumber Anggaran Bansos Jelang Pemilu

Kemenkeu Opens Up About the Source of Social Assistance Budget Ahead of Elections

Dream - The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) finally speaks up about the funding source for social assistance (bansos) distributed by the government ahead of the 2024 general election (Pemilu).

Ministry of Finance Speaks Out About the Source of Social Assistance Budget Ahead of the Elections

The Director General of Budget at the Ministry of Finance, Isa Rachmatarwata, stated in the APBN KiTa Press Conference for the February 2024 edition that the source of social assistance funds distributed by the government at the beginning of 2024 is included in the State Budget (APBN).

"Specifically for the rice, chicken meat, and eggs social assistance program, the government has allocated a budget of Rp17.5 trillion."

"The budget for rice assistance, chicken meat, and eggs from January to June is Rp17.5 trillion,""

The following 'Bahasa' text translated to 'English' while preserving any HTML tags: "The words of Isa Rachmatarwata are quoted from Merdeka.com, Friday, February 23, 2024."

The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any html tags: "The social assistance program, according to Isa, targets poor citizens and families with children who have stunting condition. Various government social assistance programs, whether announced by President Jokowi or several ministers, will be periodically evaluated. 'After 3 months, we will conduct a review and certainly obtain a clearer picture,' said Isa."

"Not only for food social assistance, the Ministry of Finance has also allocated a budget for direct cash aid (BLT) social assistance. For this program, the government has allocated a budget of Rp11.3 trillion for the distribution period of January-March."

"The budget for the January to March BLT is Rp11.3 trillion," said Isa. Specifically for this BLT program, Isa mentioned that the budget is taken from the social assistance reserve fund."

"He emphasized that the social assistance reserve funds have indeed been prepared every year in the budget by the government. 'This program has been budgeted from the social assistance reserve funds that have already been allocated in each budget,' said Isa."

As information, leading up to the peak of the democracy celebration, the government diligently distributes social assistance. One of them is 10 kg of rice social assistance for poor families in the government's social assistance program. The distribution of this social assistance has been widely discussed due to politicization by certain parties.

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