Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said that the Government is preparing several strategies to encourage national economic growth in the second half of 2025.
He explained, such as for labor-intensive programs, both in the transportation sector and public works that are continuously encouraged to be implemented more optimally.
"Well, of course, some programs such as labor-intensive programs in transportation, labor-intensive programs in public work. Then it is also encouraged to implement better," he told the media crew, Friday, July 25.
In addition, he conveyed that in order to welcome Christmas and New Year 2025-2026, the government is also discussing a discount program which is expected to contribute to the national economy.
"We hope that it can be announced earlier," he said.
He added that the next Government-Borrowed Value Added Tax (VAT DTP) incentive for the property sector, which was previously planned at 50 percent in the second half, was agreed to continue to be given at 100 percent.
"So we will discuss the technical details later," he said.
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In addition, Airlangga also expressed preparations to support the achievement of the free Nutrition Food (MBG) target in August 2025, which is President Prabowo Subianto's priority program.
He added that the Red and White Cooperative plan was also one of the agendas discussed because it had an impact on economic growth as a whole.
"So we discussed all the impacts on growth," he concluded.
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