Finally, The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government Cash Social Assistance Will Be Out Next Week

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JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government has announced that the distribution of cash social assistance (BST) phase two, which should have been released in February, will be disbursed next week, namely the second week of March.

"BST Phase 2 will be distributed directly to beneficiary accounts in the second week of March 2021 simultaneously," wrote Instagram @dkijakarta, on Sunday, March 7.

Meanwhile, the third phase of BST earmarked this month will be disbursed at the end of March. The DKI Provincial Government explained that the reason for the delay in disbursing BST in February was due to the data updating process carried out by regional officials.

"Changes to the data were made based on the proposal of the RT or RW through the kelurahan deliberation forum which was held in February 2021," he said.

Previously, many DKI residents questioned the BST from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government in February that it had not been disbursed. They are confused, until now, the nominal BST deposit of Rp. 300 thousand in the DKI Bank account has not been received.

One of them, the Twitter account @fikcrips asked the official account of the DKI Pemprov, @DKIJakarta regarding the timing of disbursing BST from Bank DKI.

"Dear @DKIJakarta bst who passed the ATM bank in February, when will it come out?" wrote @fikcripts on Tuesday, March 2.

This question was answered by the DKI Provincial Government. The provincial government asked residents to be patient because the February BST had not been disbursed. This is because DKI has to hand over the BST allotment to all recipients before depositing the second month's BST.

The provincial government said, until the end of February, the Social Service was still distributing BST to beneficiary residents who had not received savings books and ATM cards in the February allotment.

"As of the end of February 2021, the Social Service is still distributing Savings Books and ATM Cards for Beneficiaries who did not attend the first and second invitations," replied @DKIJakarta.

"So that the second phase of disbursement cannot be made until all the Savings Books and ATM Cards are distributed," he continued.

For information, there are two parties who distribute cash assistance to DKI residents with a nominal value of Rp. 300 thousand per month for four months. Apart from the DKI Pemprov, as many as 750 thousand families were handed over through PT Pos by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

In Jakarta, cash assistance distribution locations to 1,055,216 families are located in 160 location points from each administrative city area of DKI Jakarta. The BST is distributed through the account and given in the form of a Bank DKI Savings Card and ATM Card.