Minister Of Social Affairs Risma Reported Deactivating 21 Million Duplicate Data On Social Assistance Recipients To The KPK

Tri Rismaharini (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos) Tri Rismaharini reported that he had succeeded in deactivating 21 million duplicate data on social assistance recipients (bansos).

He conveyed this report during a visit to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to convey the progress of updating data on aid recipients from the Ministry of Social Affairs.

"As per my promise, April, we can complete the data improvement and the result is yesterday I submitted 21.156 million or 21.158 million data (social assistance recipients, red) and we have slept," said Risma in a conference held at the KPK. , Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, 30 April.

The PDI-P politician then asked the regional head to suggest additional social assistance recipients. As a result, only 5 million data were proposed.

"However, there are several areas, namely Papua, NTT (East Nusa Tenggara), and there are several areas, there are six of them, we cannot (permanent) letter once with population data due to situational conditions," he said.

"We are constantly improving data including those from the tribes in the forest," added the former Surabaya Mayor.

Social Minister Tri Rismaharini at the KPK

Risma said updating the data on social assistance recipients was indeed important because it was included in the National Strategy (Stranas) for Preventing Corruption (PK) of the KPK. "So our concern is to immediately improve the data because (this, red) concerns the accuracy, especially the distribution of social assistance," he said.

Responding to Risma, KPK Deputy Chairman Alexander Marwata said this data had an effect on the accuracy of aid distribution. He emphasized that the anti-graft commission has always encouraged incapable public data to be unified.

"Do not let data other than DTKS (Integrated Social Welfare Data) for the distribution of social assistance," said Alex.

He mentioned, so far, there are various data in the Ministry of Social Affairs such as data on recipients of the Family Hope Program (PKH) and other social assistance distributions. Should, said Alex, this data should not be separated.

"Because the person can be the same in the three data points. Do not let the assistance overlap because it is possible that if there is double data, the recipient will also be double," he said.

"Hopefully, if it comes to those who accept it. But there is, one duplicate data is then misused. That is the potential and we will put the DTKS in order so that the data is accurate and the distribution is also," he concluded.