Sri Mulyani Reveals That Prabowo's Elected President Populis Program Will Increase To IDR 117.87 Trillion

Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati conveyed that the Ministry of Institution's (K/L) budget has the potential to increase by IDR 117.87 trillion. This is because there is a Quick Win program from the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka government, which includes free nutritious food, free health checks, school renovations, and food estates.

Sri Mulyani said that currently the K/L budget posture in the 2025 State Revenue and Expenditure Budget Draft (RAPBN) is IDR 976.79 trillion and has the potential to increase to IDR 1,094.66 trillion.

"The state spending if the proposal from Quick Win president is elected, the new government is for K/L spending there is an increase from Rp976.79 trillion to Rp1,094.66 trillion, or an increase of Rp117.87 trillion," said Sri Mulyani in a Banggar meeting, Wednesday, September 4.

Sri Mulyani said that the increase in the expenditure budget was due to the Prabowo-Gibran populist program which would be executed by K/L. Namely first, Free Nutrition Food of IDR 71 trillion. And second, Free Health Checks and Complete Hospital Development Quality in Regions amounting to IDR 5 trillion.

"The Ministry of Health has been approved by the President-elected a free health check program of IDR 3.2 trillion for various blood pressure, blood sugar checks, photos of X-rays, this screening with various equipment that has been installed in various health centers and regional hospitals," he explained.

Meanwhile, the construction of a complete hospital with a budget of Rp. 1.8 trillion is intended to increase type D hospitals to become type C hospitals.

"With the contents, namely facilities and infrastructure as well as medical equipment that will be equipped. So that the Ministry of Health will increase the budget later than yesterday with Rp3.2 trillion plus Rp1.8 trillion," he said.

Furthermore, Sri Mulyani conveyed the third, namely the School Renovation Program where this program President-elect Prabowo requested that the budget be allocated of IDR 20 trillion which will be executed by the Ministry of PUPR.

"This is from the renovation of classrooms to furniture and washing facilities for schools, and the executor is the Ministry of PUPR. So that later the K/L PUPR budget will be added Rp20 trillion if approved by the Budget Agency and related commissions," he explained.

Sri Mulyani said that there was then an Integrated Superior School Program, where President-elect Prabowo asked for a budget allocated of IDR 2 trillion which would be executed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbud Ristek) and the Ministry of Religion.

The fourth program is the Increase in Regional and Village National Food Barns by Rp. 15 trillion which will be executed by the Ministry of PUPR and the Ministry of Agriculture.

"This Rp7.5 trillion will be allocated to PUPR and Rp7.5 trillion for the Ministry of Agriculture, including conducting an intensification program for 80 thousand hectares and printing new fields to extensify 150 thousand hectares," he said.