The 2022 Bansos Budget Is IDR 92 Trillion, Ministry Of Social Affairs: It Has Been Realized 97.35 Percent

A man crossing the river carrying the President's social assistance in the interior of the Meratus Mountains, Datar Ajab Village, South Kalimantan in January 2021. (Between-Bayu Pratama)

JAKARTA - Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) Harry Hikmat revealed that the total budget for social assistance or social assistance for the public in 2022 is IDR 925,965,933,146,000. The Ministry of Social Affairs has now disbursed 97.35 percent to the public.

"Especially for social assistance spending, 97.35 percent has been realized this year," he said in a written statement, Monday, November 28.

The realization of the social assistance budget was conveyed by Harry at the Forum Group Discussion (FGD) with the Indonesian House of Representatives Commission VIII with the theme 'Distribution of Social Assistance in 2022' which was held in Medan on Saturday, November 26, was confiscated by Antara.

In addition to the percentage of disbursement of social assistance funds, Harry said that the realization of the entire budget had reached 96.05 percent.

"Members can coordinate with PT. POS is related to the distribution of social assistance in the electoral district area of each member," said Harry.

As for the Nusantara Economic Heroes (PENA) program, the Director General of Social Empowerment of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Edi Suharto, stated that the Nusantara Economic Hero (PENA) program had been rolled out and targeted 2,800 KPM.

What will be hard is synchronizing KPM data with Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS). We hope that DPR experts and the Ministry of Social Affairs team will help each other for the PENA process," he said.

Secretary of the Directorate General of Social Affairs Benny Sujanto added that the PENA stage reached the completion of the assessment and purchase of goods.

Where in the early stages, the PENA program implementation process was rolled out in Banyumas and Sukabumi Regencies.

"The process is indeed gradual," said Benny.

On this occasion, members of the DPR conveyed that the information obtained from related regions still contained people who had not been registered with the DTKS. The DPR hopes that when it is found that people who are eligible to receive social assistance, the Ministry of Social Affairs can immediately process it into the DTKS.

For information, 16 members of Commission VIII of the DPR and Echelon I and Echelon II officials were also present at the Ministry of Social Affairs. The participants agreed that the implementation of the distribution of social assistance is expected to be completed on December 20, 2022, due to the closing of the state budget book.