Total THR For Civil Servants, Army And Police Reaches Rp29.3 Trillion In 2020, Sri Mulyani: How Much To Prepare This Year?

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of Finance)

JAKARTA - The government through the Coordinating Minister (Menko) for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto has given a signal related to the payment of holiday allowances (THR) for Civil Servants (PNS) and members of the National Army (TNI)/National Police (Polri) before Eid al-Fitr 2021.

In a statement given today at the Presidential Office in Jakarta, Airlangga stated that the certainty of THR payments for these state servants will be carried out no later than one week before Eid Al-Fitr 2021.

"THR for workers already exists, namely the Minister of Manpower's Circular No. M/6/HK.04/IV/2021 will be paid in full and no later than H-7," he said, Monday, March 19.

For information, according to bureaucratic regulations, holiday allowances (THR) funds disbursement must be approved by the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani. Usually, the Minister of Finance will issue a Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK) on Technical Guidelines for the Providing of Holiday Allowances.

Although the Minister of Finance himself is currently still finalizing the rules for this year, in fact, the holiday allowances (THR) for Civil Servants and National Army (TNI)/National Police (Polri) has been included in the 2021 State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN).

Based on the virtual press conference of our APBN held by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani at the end of last March, it was stated that civil servant salary payments were included in the personnel expenditure budget of Rp268 trillion, or 0.8 percent lower than the 2020 allocation.

"This is good because we control personnel expenditure for civil servants and military/police," he said, Tuesday, March 23.

Meanwhile, the THR budget and the salaries of the 13 civil servants, the National Army (TNI)/National Police (Polri) are included in the General Allocation Fund (DAU) post, including the regional DAU, which totals Rp390.2 trillion.

Although it has not yet been decided how much funds will be disbursed for the THR this year, it is almost certain that the amount will be quite different from last year.

The reason is, in the 2020 THR distribution a number of high-ranking groups must give up the holiday allowance because it is not included in the scheme prepared by the Minister of Finance. Some of them are the president, vice president, members of the House of Representatives, and other state officials, as well as officials at echelon 1 and 2 levels.

Last year, Sri Mulyani issued a THR budget of Rp29.3 trillion. This number consists of central civil servants, the National Police, and the National Army of Rp6.7 trillion, retirees of Rp8.7 trillion, and civil servants in the regions of Rp13.8 trillion.