JAKARTA - Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa said, there are a number of budgets that cannot be used this year. He conveyed this when attending a working meeting with Commission XI of the DPR.

Suharso explained that the amount of the budget blocked by the state treasurer office (Ministry of Finance/Kemenkeu) was IDR 115.4 billion.

The 2023 budget is IDR 1.60 trillion. After being blocked to IDR 1.49 trillion," he said at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta on Monday, June 19.

On this occasion, Suharso also explained that the 2024 Budget Work Plan (RKA) was IDR 2.10 trillion. This figure is divided into two large groups.

First, the National Development Planning Program consisting of pure rupiah of Rp1.43 trillion, pure rupiah of assistance (RMP) of Rp2.95 billion, loans of Rp41.6 billion, and grants of Rp5.2 billion.

"The National Development Planning Program has a percentage of around 70.76 percent of the total budget," he said.

The second is the management support program which has a portion of 29.24 percent, consisting of pure rupiah worth Rp614.83 billion.

To note, related to the budget blocking (supporting expenditure/automatic adjustment) has actually been voiced by the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani since the beginning of this year.

The policy aims to provide better fiscal space in the face of global economic uncertainty and geopolitical turmoil.

Meanwhile, the amount reserveed is 5 percent of the total expenditure in each ministry/institution (K/L). While the rest, 95 percent, can be used according to the predetermined ceiling.

Quoting the official broadcast of the Ministry of Finance, the total automatic adjustment value for the 2023 fiscal year was recorded at IDR 50.23 trillion.


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