Affected By Pandemic, The DKI 2020 Regional Budget Is Deficit Nearly 50 Percent Of The Target

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The DKI DPRD together with the DKI Provincial Government have discussed the General Policy on Amendments to the Temporary Budget Priority Ceiling (KUPA-PPAS) Amendments to the 2020 Budget.

In this discussion, it is known that the revenue that DKI has managed to receive during 2020 has decreased by almost 50 percent from the initial target set since the ratification of the 2020 DKI Regional Budget at the end of 2019.

"In 2020, the income in our revised APBD (APBD-P) is Rp. 57 trillion. This figure has contracted quite a lot, as much as 46 percent of the target of Rp. 87.9 trillion," Deputy Chairman of DPRD Mohamad Taufik said when contacted, Wednesday, October 21.

Taufik said, the regional revenue in 2020 amounting to Rp57 trillion, including the National Economic Recovery Fund (PEN) loan from the central government, which is allocated this year amounting to Rp. 3.2 trillion.

"We got a PEN loan. From there we explored it and this year it got Rp3.2 trillion. A number of projects that were set for 2020 were constrained by Covid-19. So they were financed using PEN. It will be used for six activities," he said.

The decline in the value of the DKI Regional Budget was due to the handling of COVID-19. Taufik said, there were many shifts in the budget from the allocated development programs, including unexpected costs (BTT) which became DKI's savings funds.

"So, there is a diversion, there is a shift in the budget. Some of the budget is allowed for handling COVID-19," he said.

Taufik targets that the APBD-P ratification will be held on November 13, 2020 through a plenary meeting. Until now, the DPRD and DKI Pemprov are still discussing and exploring changes in the DKI Regional Budget at the Grand Cempaka Hotel, Jalan Raya Puncak, Bogor, West Java.

Following are the budget changes in the Draft General Policy Amendment to the APBD (KUPA) document for the 2020 fiscal year:

1. The DKI Jakarta Regional Budget for the 2020 fiscal year was originally planned at IDR 87,956,148,476,363. However, the change in the 2020 RKPD is projected to decline 31.04 percent to Rp 60,652,893,957,992.

2. The Regional Revenue Target, which is planned for the 2020 APBD of IDR 82,195,994,476,363, is estimated to have decreased by 33.71 percent. The RKPD change in 2020 becomes IDR 54,490,698,238,840.

3. In the determination of the APBD, it is planned to experience a decrease in 2020, Regional Expenditure which was originally Rp. 79,610,435,317,743, is projected to be 29.51 percent to Rp. 56,115,938,957,992 in the 2020 RKPD Amendment.

4. Regional Financing Revenues which were originally planned for IDR 5,760,154,000,000, in the 2020 APBD Determination, the 2020 RKPD Amendment is estimated to be IDR 6,162,195,719,152 or an increase of 6.98 percent.

5. Regional Financing Expenditures in the Determination of the 2020 Regional Budget was originally planned for IDR 8,345,713,158,620. In the 2020 APBD Amendment to IDR 4,536,955,000,000, or a decrease of 45.64 percent.