Initial Meeting With The DPR, Rosan Complains About The Budget Of The Ministry Of Investment Decreased 44.53 Percent

Minister of Investment, Rosan Roeslani. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Investment Minister/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Roeslani complained that the 2025 budget set for his ministry had decreased when compared to the 2024 budget.

This was conveyed by Rosan in front of members of Commission VI of the DPR, a working meeting with those held at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Tuesday, September 3.

"The budget given to the Ministry of Investment of BKPM is IDR 681.88 billion. Meanwhile, if we compare it with the 2024 budget allocation, which is IDR 1.23 trillion, there is a decrease in the budget of approximately 44.53 percent," said Rosan.

Rosan said the budget needs of the Ministry of Investment in 2025 reached Rp1.57 trillion, while what was given was Rp681.88 billion. This means that the budget is only 43.39 percent of what is needed.

Furthermore, Rosan said that the limited budget financing for next year will have consequences due to limited financing for planning consolidation, downstreaming, and investment promotion activities.

"Including this, it will affect our 9 IPCs abroad because this will make it ineffective and inefficient and even happen for us to review the existence of IPCs in 9 countries," he explained.

In addition, Rosan said this would also have an impact on the failure to achieve economic growth caused by the low realization of investment.

"Because based on the initial draft work plan, the 2025 government's investment realization target is planned at IDR 1,905 trillion, it will be difficult to achieve. So (the target) has increased from IDR 1,650 to IDR 1,905 trillion," he said.

"Of course this will have an impact on creating jobs, reducing services to entrepreneurs, and others," he continued.