JAKARTA - The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) will prepare the distribution of transfers to regions (TKD) without distribution requirements for local governments (local governments) affected by natural disasters.
Deputy Minister of Finance Suahasil Nazara said this step was taken to ensure that the emergency handling process could run quickly and effectively, especially in the midst of fiscal and administrative limitations faced by affected areas.
"The Ministry of Finance will make the distribution of transfers to regions without condition to channel to disaster-affected areas. Because we understand that the local government is certainly having difficulties," said Suahasil at a press conference, Tuesday, December 16.
He explained that the Ministry of Finance would cut and simplify the distribution mechanism to make it more practical and automatic, so as not to add administrative burdens for local governments.
"We will simplify and practically make the requirements for the channel so that it can be more automatic," he explained.
According to him, this policy will at least be implemented in the emergency disaster response phase and the Government will also continue to monitor the development of conditions in the field to determine the next policy in the next phase.
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"Of course, this is at least for the emergency response stage and later we will see the next situation," he said.
In addition, Suahasil also touched on the adjustment of the People's Business Credit (KUR) policy because along with the policy changes from the KUR Policy Committee, the allocation of interest subsidies will be adjusted and followed up by the Directorate General of Treasury, based on calculations from the Ministry of MSME.
Regarding disaster management, Suahasil also revealed that the government had channeled assistance to the regions through the state budget.
He added that the assistance had been given to 52 regencies/cities with a value of Rp4 billion each, as well as to three affected provinces, and all the funds had been disbursed.
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