Good News From Sri Mulyani! 2 Months Liquid Emergency PPKM Social Assistance, July-August Rp300,000

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JAKARTA - Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani ensured that the government will provide cash social assistance (bansos) in the context of the Implementation of Emergency Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) which will begin to be distributed in July-August 2021.

"The distribution of the PPKM Darutat cash social assistance will target 10 million recipients in 34 provinces based on the previous period's social assistance data. The aid index is IDR 300,000 per month which will be given in July and August," he said at an online press conference, Friday, July 2.

The Minister of Finance added that the cash assistance this time was an extension of assistance specifically given for the determination of Emergency PPKM. Meanwhile, the funds prepared by the government in the two extensions of this social assistance amounted to Rp. 6.1 trillion.

To note, cash social assistance prior to the Emergency PPKM period had reached Rp11.94 trillion. The amount was distributed in the January to April period this year to 9.6 million recipients. Thus, the total cash assistance for the initial period of the year and Emergency PPKM reached Rp18.04 trillion.

Meanwhile, there are three requirements for the recipient of the Emergency PPKM cash assistance. First, poor, underprivileged or vulnerable families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two, families without the basic food card program and non-PKH (family hope program). And the third is to have a population identification number (NIK/KTP), family card (KK), and a telephone number to contact.

"This social assistance is to relieve the affected communities in the implementation of Emergency PPKM," said Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.