THR PNS, TNI, And Polri Worth Rp.30.6 Trillion Immediately Disbursed, CPNS Joining Excitement

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JAKARTA - Director General of Budget at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Isa Rachmatarwata said that the THR distribution for Civil Servants (PNS), TNI and Polri will begin in the near future.

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

So, if traced based on this information, the distribution of the holiday allowance for civil servants, military and police 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.

One of the Candidates for Civil Servants (CPNS) of the Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (KemenPAN-RB), Anto, admitted that he was happy with the government's decision on this THR.

"I am grateful that we got the THR this year. At a time when there were other fellow workers who might not be there. Even though we don't know the nominal, but at least we should be grateful because we got THR," explained Anto to VOI.

For information, the THR for CPNS is only about 80 percent of the basic salary (gapok). This is stated in the copy of Circular Letter (SE) Number 343 / MK.02.2020 dated April 30, 2020

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

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's Circular No. M / 6 / HK.04 / IV / 2021 to be paid in full and no later than H-7," he said recently.

Meanwhile, Minister of Finance (Menkeu) 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 it will boost economic activity," he said in a virtual press conference for our APBN, Thursday, April 22.

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

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