Ministry Of Social Proposes A Budget Of IDR 74.08 Trillion For Social Assistance, Social Minister Risma Explains The Details Of Use
JAKARTA - The Ministry of Social Affairs has budgeted a national priority program of IDR 76.960.199.214.000, from the work plan budget and the work budget of the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2022 which was approved by Commission VIII of the House of Representatives (DPR) amounting to IDR 78.256.327.121.000.
The budget is for personnel expenditure (0.66 percent), operational goods expenditure (0.36 percent), non-operational goods expenditure (4.18 percent), capital expenditure (0.13 percent), and social assistance expenditure (94.67 percent). percent).
"Then from the budget, we also budgeted IDR 74.08 trillion (94.67 percent) for social assistance spending. Social assistance expenditures here include the Family Hope Program (PKH) social assistance, Basic Food Cards, Remote Indigenous Community (KAT) empowerment assistance, aid for disaster victims, RTLH Social Rehabilitation, accessibility aids, and so on," said Social Minister Tri Rismaharini in a working meeting with the DPR, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, September 21.
In general, the Ministry of Social Affairs allocates a budget for the Social Protection Program of IDR 77.15 trillion and the Management Support Program of IDR 1.09 trillion. The budget for national priority is allocated IDR 76.96 trillion and IDR 1.29 trillion for non-priority programs.
For the social assistance program, the Family Hope Program will be budgeted for 10 million Beneficiary Families (KPM) for 12 months with a total of IDR 28 trillion, while for 18.8 million KPM for Basic Food Cards, IDR 45 trillion is budgeted.
The additional budget of IDR 25.809.385.200.000 includes 5.9 million new data for basic food card recipients with the assistance of IDR 200.000 per month each, amounting to IDR 14.160.000.000.00.
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For Orphans Attention including victims of COVID-19 worth IDR 11.649.385.200.000 for a target of 4.386.983 children with a duration of 12 months each IDR 300.000 for children not yet in school and IDR 200.000 for children who are already in school.
The chairman of the House of Representatives Commission VIII Yandir Susanto encouraged the importance of ensuring the distribution of social assistance programs based on geography and demographics, accelerating the realization of the budget for assistance to orphans from underprivileged families and those affected by COVID-19.
"The House of Representatives' Commission VIII approved the proposed budget for the Ministry of Social Affairs for Fiscal Year 2022, amounting to IDR 78.256.327.121.000. We encourage the ministry to accelerate the realization of the budget, especially for orphans," she said.