Good News From Sri Mulyani's Men! Disbursement Of THR For ASN, TNI, And Police Will Be Started May 3, 2021

Illustrated. (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The wait for state servants to receive the Holiday Allowance (THR) at the momentum of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr 2021 is becoming increasingly clear.

The Director General of Budget for the Ministry of Finance Isa Rachmatarwata said that the THR distribution for the State Civil Apparatus (ASN), TNI and Polri will begin in the near future.

"(The fastest THR payment) is 10 calendar days before the D-day", he said via written message to VOI, Tuesday, April 27.

So, if traced based on this information, the distribution of the Hari Raya Allowance can be carried out on Monday, May 3, 2021 with the benchmark of the Eid Al-Fitr celebration which falls on Thursday, May 13, 2021.

Previously, the Minister of Coordinating for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto some time ago gave a signal related to the payment of THR for ASN, TNI, and Police.

In a statement given at the Presidential Office in Jakarta, Airlangga stated that the certainty of THR payments for 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 Circular No.M/6/HK.04/IV/2021 will be paid in full and no later than H-7", he said recently.

Meanwhile, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani has prepared a budget of IDR 30.6 trillion for THR payments at central agencies.

"The amount of THR is very significant, and we hope that it will boost economic activity," he said in a virtual press conference for our APBN (State Budget), Thursday, April 22.

For information, last year the government issued a budget for THR payments of IDR 29.3 trillion.

This number consists of central civil servants, the National Police, and the TNI of IDR 6.7 trillion, retirees of IDR 8.7 trillion, and civil servants in the regions of IDR 13.8 trillion.