JAKARTA - Head of Bank Indonesia Aceh Province Achris Sarwani stated that the request for the Rp75 thousand Independence Commemorative Money Bill (UPK RI) was very high in Banda Aceh and its surroundings.

"Currently, the Rp75 thousand denomination has been disbursed in Banda Aceh and at BI Lhokseumawe, at least a few percent of what has been prepared," he said in Banda Aceh, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, May 5.

His party prepared UPK75 as much as 1,100,000 pieces and specifically in Banda Aceh, all of them have been distributed and absorbed by the community and banks in the Aceh region.

Achris Sarwani detailed the needs of banking and public money ahead of Eid Al-Fitr in 2021, his party prepared denominations of Rp1.4 trillion for the Bank Indonesia region of Aceh Province.

The denominations prepared consisted of Rp10,000, Rp5,000 and Rp2,000 denominations and a small number exchanged Rp.20,000 and Rp.1,000 denominations.

He added that Bank Indonesia does not exchange Eid money in public places like before the COVID-19 occurred.

"The exchange of small denominations (UPK) to the public has been submitted to banks with special counters provided by banks throughout Aceh Province, while maintaining the health protocol when exchanging to banks," said Achris.


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