JAKARTA This weekend, the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani is known to have made a series of working visits to the East Java region. On one of its agenda, the state treasurer is noted to have participated in distributing social assistance directly to people in need.

He did this with the Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos) Tri Rismaharini by visiting a village in the Malang area, East Java.

"Thanks to the tax you paid, Mrs. Rumaiyah's family beneficiaries of aid in Ngabab Village, Malang - received assistance through @kemensosri to develop the chicken farming business. He received 500 chickens which amounted to Rp. 18 million rupiah," Sri Mulyani said via @smindrawati on Sunday, January 22.

The Minister of Finance explained that apart from Rumaiyah's family, 5,209 other families also received assistance in the form of business capital throughout 2022. It was stated that they were a group of extreme poor people who were still struggling to meet their primary needs.

Not only business capital, there are also 10,600 families in Indonesia who receive housing rehabilitation assistance so that they can have permanent livable housing.

Your tax money has actually helped improve the welfare of the poor. Through the 2022 social welfare budget of IDR 461.6 trillion, we work together to help our brothers and sisters in need," he said.

"Your tax has helped reduce poverty and built Indonesia to move forward. Malang, January 22, 2023," closed the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.


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