Government Prepares IDR 55.21 Trillion Allocation For Extension Of PPKM Level 4

Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto (Photo: ANTARA/HO-Setpres Press Bureau)

JAKARTA - The government has prepared a budget allocation of IDR 55.21 trillion in the context of extending the fourth level PPKM on the island of Java and Bali and in 15 regencies/cities outside Java and Bali.

"The government is also preparing a budget allocation of IDR 55.21 trillion, of which this budget is related to the addition of this program", said Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto, in an online press conference related to PPKM (Restrictions on Community Activities), quoted from Antara, Friday, July 23.

Coordinating Minister Airlangga said the budget was used for basic food cards, electricity discounts, internet quota subsidies, pre-employment cards, Bulog assistance, and PPKM basic food cards.

In addition, the government has also prepared an incentive of IDR 1.2 million for one million micro-enterprises, namely stalls and street vendors.

"The mechanism is regulated in general guidelines and technical guidelines and the distribution mechanism by the TNI and Polri is based on general guidelines for technical instructions which are also carried out by the Ministry of Finance and BPKP", said Coordinating Minister Airlangga.

For prospective recipients, he continued, Babinsa and Bhabinkamtimbas will record data based on data from the regional Ministry of Manpower Service. Data collection will be based on the Population Identification Number (NIK) which has received data cleansing or cleaning through the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

"Of course we need data related to the type of business, business location, NIK rather than micro-business entrepreneurs, and of course this will be part of the next program from the government", said Coordinating Minister Airlangga.

He hopes that the mechanism for distributing aid for the five times stalls and traders will be simpler and accountability will be carried out in the form of the beneficiary's signature accompanied by photo documentation.

Meanwhile, President Joko Widodo announced to continue the implementation of PPKM level four until July 25 and will open it gradually starting July 26, 2021, if the trend of COVID-19 cases continues to decline.

The implementation of the fourth level PPKM applies to 122 districts/cities in Java-Bali and 15 districts/cities outside Java-Bali.