The Increase In Civil Servant Salaries Is Smaller Than Retirement, Why?

Illustration of the Rupiah (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The government will raise salaries for State Civil Apparatus (ASN) including Civil Servants (PNS), to the TNI/Polri as well as retirees next year. Where civil servants will get an 8 percent increase and a 12 percent pension.

Then, why is the increase between civil servants and retirees not the same?

Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani explained that the difference in the increase was because the retired ASN, including civil servants and the TNI/Polri, no longer received performance allowances (tukin) as received by those who were still active.

"If you look at the growth of the ASN increase, the TNI/Polri are 8 percent while retirees because there are no hatchlings, the increase is higher," Sri Mulyani said in the press conference for the 2024 RAPBN and Financial Notes, written Friday, August 18.

Regarding this tukin, Sri Mulyani said that usually some ministries/agencies also usually propose an increase.

"In ASNs, apart from the increase in salaries announced by the President, each KL usually has tukin and some from KL whose performance is good, they also usually propose an increase in performance allowances," he explained.

Budget Prepared

Sri Mulyani said the government prepared a budget of IDR 52 trillion in 2024 to fulfill the policy of increasing ASN salaries including civil servants, TNI/Polri and retirees.

"The total required budget is IDR 52 trillion," he said.

Sri Mulyani also detailed the use of her budget, namely for ASN including civil servants, and the TNI/Polri budget center Rp9.4 trillion. Meanwhile, the regional budget ASN is Rp25.8 trillion.

"Meanwhile, the pension budget is IDR 17 trillion," he explained.