BMKG Disaster Early Warning Budget Increases From IDR 5 Billion To IDR 191 Billion Amid Efficiency

Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati appointed a monitor containing weather forecast data. (Between-Andreas Fitri Atmoko)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) revealed that the budget related to early warning of weather, climate, earthquakes and tsunamis experienced a significant increase after the budget reconstruction.

Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati said that at first the early warning budget in the midst of the budget efficiency policy was worth IDR 5,642,000,000, then it increased to IDR 191,629,705,175 after the budget reconstruction.

"For the early warning of the earthquake from Rp8.4 billion during the ceiling before reconstruction, it jumped to Rp28,572 billion and also a significant increase was for public services, namely providing information and early warning of weather, climate, earthquake, and tsunami throughout Indonesia through UPT-UPT in 190 BMKG UPTs throughout Indonesia, the original budget was Rp5,642,000,000, this shot up to Rp191 billion," said Dwikorita in a meeting with Commission V DPR RI in Jakarta, Thursday 13 February, confiscated by Antara.

According to him, this significant increase in budget can maintain operations in BMKG, especially in ensuring that public services related to early warnings continue to run well.

"So God willing, this is significant to maintain existing operations," he said.

On the same occasion, Dwikorita said that previously BMKG was affected by budget efficiency of Rp1.423 trillion. Thus, the BMKG budget ceiling became Rp1.403 trillion from the original value of Rp2.826 trillion.

However, he continued, the reconstruction made the BMKG budget, which was utilized at IDR 1.405 trillion. Thus, the post-reconstruction budget ceiling is worth IDR 1.781 trillion, as stipulated in the Letter of the Minister of Finance Number S-75/MK.02/2025 dated February 13, 2025.

"The last one this morning at 09.00 WIB, BMKG finally got a budget, an increase of around Rp. 400 billion, which was Rp. 1.781 trillion from Rp. 1.045 trillion," he said.

Previously at a meeting with Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives on Wednesday, February 12, Dwikorita emphasized that efficiency policies did not affect management related to earthquakes and tsunamis.