Additional Stimulus For Vulnerable Communities Is Being Finalized, Ready To Be Executed In Two Weeks

BOGOR - Director General of Economic and Fiscal Strategy at the Ministry of Finance Febrio Kacaribu revealed that the government is finalizing an additional stimulus scheme aimed at the poor and vulnerable.

He conveyed that this stimulus is expected to increase people's purchasing power and encourage economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2025.

"We are finalizing it, we have received directions from the President (Prabowo), we are finalizing it, there will be incentives, especially assistance for the poor and vulnerable to improve purchasing power will be quite large. So later we hope that in the 4th quarter, the impact will be sufficient," he said at the 2026 State Budget Completion, Thursday, October 9.

He explained that this policy was a follow-up to the results of a government coordination meeting submitted by the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, last week.

However, Febrio has not been able to confirm whether assistance will be distributed in the form of social assistance, direct cash assistance (BLT), or other mechanisms because the form of stimulus is still in the finalization stage.

"Later we will finalize it immediately, yesterday we also received directions from the President immediately and we hope that this will start in a week, two weeks, it has been executed," he said.

According to Febrio, the main focus in designing this stimulus is the speed and accuracy of distribution, because the Government wants to ensure that aid is actually received by the target group immediately.

"But we will try to finalize it immediately, yesterday there must be things that are certain in various ways, including if we give it, it really comes quickly. It's not just a visit to the targeted person, but also fast. Don't let us make a stimulus immediately, it turns out that it will only be next year," he explained.

Febrio added that the government will immediately announce details of the program after the finalization process is complete.

"We want if we make a design, make sure that this is immediately accepted by what we want. Then the second is fast that we make sure. We will announce it later," he said.