Sri Mulyani Guyur Rp1.83 Trillion To Good Performance Areas

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Finance provides fiscal incentives worth IDR 1.83 trillion to outstanding local governments.

As much as Rp750 billion was given to 7 provinces, 2 cities, and 97 districts that succeeded in accelerating regional spending and Rp750 billion to be given to 7 provinces, 21 cities, and 97 districts that succeeded in increasing the use of Domestic Products (PDN).

The remaining Rp330 billion incentives were given to 24 districts, 6 cities, and 3 provinces that successfully controlled inflation in the II period.

"We hope that areas that continue to produce achievements can be an inspiration," said Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati when giving awards to regions receiving fiscal incentive allocations for the year, in Jakarta, Tuesday, October 3.

He added that fiscal incentives for inflation control were given based on the Decree of the Minister of Finance (KMK) Number 336 of 2023. Regions were assessed based on a number of categories, including the implementation of inflation control efforts, compliance in reporting daily reports, stability of food prices measured through price control indexes, and the acceleration of spending realization specifically to support inflation control activities in the regions.

This state treasurer hopes that the regions receiving fiscal incentives can use their funds to control inflation in the future. So the competition is quite going very well, "he said.

He also expressed his readiness to support the local government to improve performance achievements and be ready to support capacity building, training, including improving local taxi power, and digitizing.

He continued, fiscal incentives are also expected to spur local governments to consistently accelerate the realization of spending and boost the use of PDN.

"That way, economic activities in the regions can be more stretched," added Sri Mulyani.

Just so you know, this transfer policy to the regions is also one of the government's policies in optimizing the performance of the State Budget, Revenue and Expenditure (APBN) as a shock absorber.