A Total Of 33,315 Cigarette Workers In Kudus Receive BLT Rp600 Thousand

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The Kudus Regency Government (Pemkab), Central Java, has again scheduled the distribution of the Cash Direct Assistance Program (BLT) for 33,315 cigarette workers starting this week by distributing gradually to each cigarette factory in Kudus. "The distribution of BLT is currently phase II after the first phase was distributed in April 2023," said Head of the Social Service, Women's Empowerment, Child Protection, Population Control and Family Planning in Kudus Regency, Agustinus Agung Karyanto, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, June 16. He revealed that as many as 33,315 cigarette workers were those who received BLT from the Kudus APBD budget, while other cigarette workers who received BLT from the Central Java Provincial APBD channeled through PT Pos Kudus. The data on aid recipients, he said, were dynamic, so that when the distribution was possible there were those who left their jobs as cigarette workers. The number of cigarette workers in Kudus Regency, he said, reached 77,236 people who worked in a number of cigarette factories in the district.

Of that number, 38,557 workers have received BLT from the Kudus APBD, while 33,315 workers have received the Central Java Provincial Budget, including 32,924 workers with KTP Kudus. Initially, the 2023 BLT Program was given for the March and April allocation. However, because some prospective recipients were also budgeted for the Provincial Budget, it was proposed to be increased to four months. Meanwhile, the value of the assistance is Rp. 300,000 per month with the distribution of each stage for two months of Rp. 600,000.