Cabinet Minister Prabowo Reviews Construction Of TP 843 Infantry Battalion, Sri Mulyani Reveals Yonif Land Can Encourage Defense And Local Economy

The Ministers of the Red and White Cabinet also visited the construction site of the 843/Patriot Yudha Vikasa Construction Territorial Battalion (Yon TP) in Cibitung, Bekasi Regency, West Java, on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.

Meanwhile, the visit was attended by Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman, and Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin.

The Yonif TP 843/Patriot Yudha Vikasa Headquarters is a territorial infantry unit built on state assets that had not previously been utilized.

Defense Minister Sjafrie said that the TP Infantry Battalion would play an important role in securing downstream programs and supporting national self-sufficiency efforts.

"The Development Territorial Batalyon will support the downstream program. Securing the downstream program and also securing the self-sufficiency program," he said at the Central Jakarta National Monument (Monas) helipad on Wednesday, August 20.

On the same occasion, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani said that during the visit, to review the use of state assets, especially landed land, which was used as a location for the construction of battalion headquarters, it was not only used for defense, but also for agricultural activities, livestock, and other economic activities.

"Then all of its readiness was also built for training, readiness from defense, security, and also using 43 hectares of land, if I'm not mistaken, to use it as agricultural land, livestock, and also other economic activities," he said.

He hopes that the Development Territorial Battalion will have a positive impact on the community and the surrounding economy.

"Because the activity is to take advantage of state assets, then turn them on, create added value, and of course this will also give an impression of discipline and unity between the army and the Indonesian community and the economy," he said.

In addition, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi explained that the TP Infantry Battalion will also be equipped with a health company that has a strategic role in disaster management and the pandemic.

"The first function of defense is the threat of biosecurity or also the threat of a pandemic that we experienced yesterday together that kills millions of people around the world and the second function is the function of security, where these battalions with health companies can respond quickly if there is a natural disaster," he explained.

Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman also said that the agriculture developed in the battalion environment includes food commodities, horticulture, plantations, and livestock.

He also emphasized that this battalion farm can be applied throughout Indonesia.

"So we have asked the Minister of Defense to have horticultural plantations in the future agriculture, which we will downstream, escorted by the TNI," he said.

For information, the formation of 100 Development Territorial Battalions has also been stated in Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 85 of 2025.

Meanwhile, the existence of the battalion has also been inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto in the title of Military Operational and Honorary Forces in Batujajar, Bandung.