Dream - The government ensures that the Direct Cash Assistance (BLT) for food mitigation with a total value of Rp600,000 will be disbursed before the day of Lebaran 1445 H. However, the certainty of the BLT disbursement time will still await the determination of the beginning of fasting from the results of the isbat session.

As information, the isbat session is a session for determining the beginning of the month in the Hijri calendar. Usually, the isbat session is conducted to determine the beginning of Ramadan and the month of Shawwal.

"(Disbursement) may be before Eid, wait for the isbat session," said Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto quoted from Merdeka.com, Friday, March 8, 2024."

The following 'Bahasa' text translated to 'English' while preserving any html tags: "Initially, the BLT Food Mitigation program will be distributed at once for the period of January to March amounting to Rp600,000 in February. It is known that recipients of this BLT Food assistance will receive an allocation of Rp200,000 for three months."

Help BLT Mitigation will be given to the community who have been registered as Beneficiary Families (KPM). It is known that there are around 18.8 million families throughout Indonesia who are targeted for the program.