Sri Mulyani Prepares IDR 30 Trillion To Build IKN Nusantara Next Year

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JAKARTA - Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani said the government allocated funds of Rp. 27 trillion to Rp. 30 trillion in the 2023 State Budget for the development of the National Capital City (IKN) of the Archipelago.

"Next year's APBN has reserved for development spending for the new nation's capital, which is between Rp. 27 trillion to Rp. 30 trillion," he said after meeting the President in Jakarta, quoted Friday, April 15.

According to the Minister of Finance, the budget is focused on building basic infrastructure and government buildings, as well as various connectivity nodes carried out by the Ministry of Transportation. In addition, the funds will be used to build facilities and infrastructure in the fields of education, health, resilience, and security.

"Next year, we will continue to control so that the government's operational expenditure costs are maintained efficiently and under control so that the budget will actually be allocated more for productive expenditures," he said.

In addition to IKN development, the 2023 APBN priority expenditure is also used for infrastructure for various important programs, such as housing, drinking water, wastewater treatment, gas transmission pipelines from Cirebon-Semarang, irrigation networks.

Then, efforts are also made to procure connectivity infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, trains, and airports, as well as infrastructure in the field of information technology, such as satellites and signal transmitting towers.

"For that, next year's infrastructure spending will be in the range of Rp. 367 trillion to Rp. 402 trillion," he asserted.

The state treasurer assessed that the momentum to maintain economic recovery in 2023 would continue to be escorted by the government's budget support.

"However, at the same time, the state budget has also begun to be rehabilitated with a controlled deficit below 3 percent of GDP (gross domestic product)," closed the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.