The Ministry Of Transportation Gets A Budget Of IDR 28.48 Trillion In 2026

Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) received an indicative ceiling for the 2026 budget year of IDR 28.48 trillion.

The budget is the largest allocated for non-operational expenditures of 72.29 percent of the total budget.

Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi said, initially the indicative ceiling set was IDR 24.40 trillion based on the Joint Letter of the Minister of Finance and Minister of National Development Planning/Bappenas Number S-356/MK.02/2025 and B-383/D.9/PP.04.03/05/2025 dated May 15, 2025.

Then, continued Budi, there was a change, it was decided that the Ministry of Transportation's indicative ceiling would be IDR 28.48 trillion.

"Based on a joint letter from the Minister of Finance and the Minister of National Development Planning/Bappenas dated July 24, 2025, the Ministry of Transportation's 2026 budget ceiling is IDR 28,489,404,712,000," he said in a working meeting with Commission V DPR, Jakarta, Thursday, September 4.

Dudy said that of the total budget ceiling of the Ministry of Transportation in 2026, IDR 4.84 trillion will be used for personnel expenditures of IDR 4.84 trillion (16.99 percent), operational goods expenditures of IDR 3.05 trillion (10.72 percent), and non-operational expenditures of IDR 20.59 trillion (72.29 percent).

In terms of funding sources, the largest allocation came from pure rupiah of Rp. 19.70 trillion (69.16 percent) followed by PNBP of Rp. 3.79 trillion (13.34 percent), PLN of Rp. 2.76 trillion (9.69 percent), and BLU of Rp. 2.22 trillion (7.81 percent).

The details of the budget based on the program consist of management support of Rp9.77 trillion (34.32 percent) education and vocational of Rp1.83 trillion (6.44 percent), and connectivity infrastructure of Rp16.87 trillion (59.24 percent).

Sementara itu, Ketua Komisi V DPR RI Lasarus menyampaikan dukungan pada setiap percepatan program kerja Kementerian/Lembaga untuk mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi.

“Akhir tahun biasanya cuaca kurang baik, tantangan di lapangan pasti besar. Sementara di sisi lain kita berharap APBN memberikan daya dorong untuk pertumbuhan ekonomi di masyarakat,” ujarnya.

Meanwhile, Chairman of Commission V DPR RI Lasarus expressed his support for any acceleration of the work program of Ministries/Agencies to support economic growth.

"By the end of the year, the weather is usually not good, the challenges on the ground must be big. On the other hand, we hope that the APBN will provide a driving force for economic growth in the community," he said.