Poor Families Are Ready To Get BLT Village Fund IDR 600 Thousand Per Month

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Villages, Disadvantaged Villages and Transmigration (Kemendesa PDTT) stated that the disbursement of village funds direct cash assistance (BLT) has been carried out by various local governments.

BLT village funds have also started to be distributed in various regions. Poor families affected by the corona virus or COVID-19 pandemic in the villages will get the distribution of these funds.

Head of the Data and Information Center of the Ministry of Villages, PDT and Transmigration (PDTT) Ivanovich Agusta said the BLT disbursement process was carried out in stages from April to June. Each month, the heads of poor families each receive Rp.600 thousand.

"For example, Lele Village, Mandioli Selatan Subdistrict, South Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, has distributed BLT Village Fund amounting to Rp. 600 thousand per family to 60 poor families for the first month," he said, in a written statement received by VOI, in Jakarta, Monday, April 27th.

Especially for the villages above, said Ivanovich, the payment of funds was carried out in cash. Because this village is on a separate island and far from banking access.

Then, he continued, other villages that had also distributed Village Fund BLT were Cangkuang Village, Leles District, Garut Regency, West Java. The assistance funds were given to 259 poor families.

"In the northern tip of Indonesia's territory, villages in the Sangihe Islands District have disbursed BLT Village Funds for 33 poor families," he explained.

In Ploso Subdistrict, Jombang Regency, East Java, said Ivanovich, the BLT Dana Des had also been handed over to 224 poor families in Bawangan and Kebonagung villages.

Ivanovich said, as much as Rp.205 million in village funds in Bawangan Village was channeled to 114 poor families. Meanwhile, Rp. 198 million in Kebonagung Village was distributed to 110 poor families. Non-cash distribution is in the form of transfers from the Village Cash Account (RKDes) at Bank Jatim which is transferred to the accounts of each recipient at Bank BPR Jombang.

"A series of villages in Lumajang Regency, East Java, also plan to distribute Village Fund BLT on Monday, April 27. In Pamekasan, East Java, the distribution will be carried out in Waru Barat Village, Waru District, amounting to Rp.201 million for 112 poor families, and in Toket Village. , District of Proppo 106 poor families get Rp190 million, "he explained.

Ivanovich revealed that the distribution of this BLT was originally recommended through non-cash means. However, not a few local governments distributed BLT directly.

"The door-to-door method is one way of avoiding crowds of citizens and supporting government programs in breaking the chain of the spread of COVID-19," he said.

For information, the Ministry of Village of PDTT has prepared a budget of IDR 22 trillion from the 2020 village fund ceiling to provide BLT to 12 million poor families in various regions.

"The recipients are poor families who have not received assistance from other social welfare security schemes," he said.