Knock! DPR Approves The Proposal For Additional Budget Of The Ministry Of Transportation

JAKARTA - Commission V of the DPR approved the proposed additional budget submitted by the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub). Further discussions related to this additional budget will be carried out at the DPR's Budget Agency (Banggar).

Chairman of Commission V DPR Lasarus said that the proposed additional budget for the Ministry of Transportation and other commission V partners had been discussed in the previous meeting.

"So the agenda of our work meeting and RDP (heary meeting) today is the determination of a ministry/institution plan in 2026 with all working partners of Commission V DPR RI and the results will soon be submitted to the DPR Budget Agency," said Lasarus in a working meeting with Commission V partners. DPR, in Jakarta, Thursday, July 10.

Based on the previous meeting, the ideal budget requirement of the Ministry of Transportation for 2026 reached Rp48.88 trillion. Meanwhile, the budget indicative ceiling set is Rp24.4 trillion. So that there is still a difference or backlog of Rp24.48 trillion, or about 50.1 percent of the total need.

To bridge these shortcomings, the Ministry of Transportation previously proposed an additional budget of IDR 13.25 trillion to support various priority activities that have not been accommodated by the indicative ceiling.

Includes piloting services in the land and sea sectors, improving transportation safety and security, operating and maintenance of state-owned railway infrastructure (IMO) as well as coating runways, procuring school buses and road equipment, as well as strengthening human resources and empowering communities in the transportation sector.

On the other hand, Commission V of the DPR RI has just approved an indicative ceiling of the Ministry of Transportation's budget for the 2026 Fiscal Year of IDR 24.4 trillion. This figure has decreased by IDR 7.05 trillion compared to the 2025 budget allocation.

This approval was conveyed at the RKA K/L Determination Working Meeting and the K/L RKP between Commission V DPR RI, the Ministry of Transportation and partners at the DPR RI Building, Jakarta, July 10.

Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi said the budget would be directed to support various strategic programs, such as maintenance of road equipment and handling accident-prone locations, improving flight safety and railways.

Then, continued Dudy, the operation and maintenance of airports, stations, terminals, and ports, as well as pioneering transportation services including transportation of goods and livestock.

In addition, Dudy said the budget was also allocated to support the construction project of the Jakarta East "West Line MRT, the development of Patimban Port, the Indonesia Mass Transportation (MASTRAN) project, vocational training, and the development of transportation educational facilities.

"We welcome the approval of this indicative ceiling as part of a joint effort to build an inclusive, sustainable, and supporting transportation system for national economic growth," Dudy said in a working meeting with Commission V of the DPR, in Jakarta, Thursday, July 10.