Sri Mulyani Calls Budget Efficiency 2025 The Basis For Compiling The 2026 State Budget

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) was also affected by a budget cuts of IDR 8.99 trillion from President Prabowo Subianto's policy regarding budget efficiency of IDR 306.69 trillion.

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that the ministry/institutional budget efficiency policy (K/L) in 2025 will be a reference in the preparation of the 2026 State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN).

"We also agree that from the efficiency of K/L in 2025 it will be used as a baseline if this creates a new culture for the efficiency of the bureaucracy in all institutions, so of course later the results of 2025 will also be used for the preparation of 2026," said Sri Mulyani in a meeting with Commission XI DPR RI, Thursday, February 13.

Sri Mulyani said that in 2026, the preparation had not yet started or was still in the early thinking stage.

However, Sri Mulyani conveyed that the efforts being made at this time are expected to create a new culture that emphasizes the implementation of tasks efficiently, quickly, and well, without sacrificing public services. In addition, the various targets that have been set will still be maintained without any reduction.

On the same occasion, Chairman of Commission XI DPR RI Misbakhun said that this year's budget savings steps will be a reference for the government and the DPR in the preparation of the 2026 State Budget.

"The 2026 State Budget Baseline will be based on the 2025 State Budget which has been streamlined through Presidential Instruction 1 Number 2025 is clear, the baseline is there," said Misbakhun after a meeting with the Ministry of Finance.