Next Year, Archipelago IKN Construction Budget Of IDR 27 Trillion: Most Of It Goes To The Ministry Of PUPR

JAKARTA - The government through the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) explicitly states that the development budget for the National Capital City (IKN) of the Archipelago next year is Rp. 27.6 trillion.

Deputy Minister of Finance (Wamenkeu) Suahasil Nazara said the amount was included in the indicative ceiling on state spending for the 2023 period.

"In the preparation of the 2023 expenditure, in accordance with the direction of the President, it must be sharpened by paying attention to the budget for IKN Nusantara, elections, and other priorities including infrastructure," he said in a virtual presentation on Thursday, April 28.

According to Suahasil, IKN Nusantara's budget allocation is part of the ministry's and agency's spending plans next year, most of which are placed on the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR).

"Ministry and agency spending in 2023 is planned at IDR 977.1 trillion, consisting of IDR 814.1 trillion of pure rupiah and IDR 163 trillion," he said.

Meanwhile, the general policy for central government spending next year will focus on six things, namely improving the quality of effective and productive spending, improving the quality of human resources, developing priority infrastructure, reforming the bureaucracy, revitalizing industry, and developing a green economy.

"What is certain is that in 2023 policies are directed to support fiscal consolidation," said Suahasil.

For information, at the beginning of this year the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani had a discourse on the IKN development budget to be included in the National Economic Recovery Fund (PEN) scheme. However, this intention was not carried out because it received rejection from various parties because the PEN funds were actually a budget for handling the impact of COVID-19.