ASN Starts Busy Meetings, Official Travel Costs Double To IDR 400 Billion In A Month

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) reports that there has been a very significant increase in official travel (perdin) in the January 2022 period.

Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani said that last month the realization of the Perdin reached Rp400 billion. This record has doubled when compared to the same period the previous year of Rp. 200 billion.

"So there is a 69 percent growth in business travel. This is because in January, the COVID-19 situation was relatively low, so many ministries and agencies were carrying out official activities," he said when holding a press conference on our State Budget through online channels, Tuesday, February 23.

According to the Minister of Finance, the realization of the regulation is part of the central government's expenditure on goods which is known to have touched the figure of Rp. 3.3 trillion or around 0.97 percent of the 2022 APBN ceiling. Meanwhile, goods expenditures for the January 2021 period are stated at Rp. 3.5 trillion.

"The realization of goods expenditure earlier this year was slightly lower, mainly from maintenance activities and BLU (Public Service Agency) spending," he said.

Meanwhile, several ministries/institutions that recorded an increase in goods expenditures included the Ministry of Defense with a realization of IDR 800 billion (up 54 percent), the Police of IDR 630 billion (up 3.4 percent), the Ministry of Education of IDR 60 billion (up 20.6 percent), and the Ministry of Finance. which amounted to Rp. 20 billion (an increase of 96 percent).

"The Ministry of Ham and the National Police are increasing because they have to improve the ability of facilities and infrastructure as well as security. For the Ministry of Finance itself, it is used to pay for state property insurance (BMN) at the beginning of the year," closed the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.