Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani said that the amount of government assets managed by the Ministry of Finance until 2022 reached IDR 12,271.5 trillion (IDR 12,27 Quadrillion). According to him, assets consist of liabilities of IDR 8,751.9 trillion and equity of IDR 3,529.6 trillion.
"The number has increased by 7.13 percent from 2021 which amounted to Rp11,454.6 trillion," he said when summoned to the DPR by Commission XI regarding the alleged money laundering at the Ministry of Finance, quoted on Tuesday, March 28.
The state treasurer detailed that the assets were mostly in the form of fixed assets amounting to Rp6,675 trillion. Then, long-term investments of Rp3,772 trillion, current assets of Rp894 trillion, long-term receivables of Rp53 trillion, investment properties of Rp6 trillion, and other assets of Rp868 trillion.
"Of course the state budget as a fiscal instrument and development is very decisive in terms of output/outcome for economic growth, poverty (decrease), and community welfare," he said.
For information, government assets experienced a surge starting in the 2019 period by breaking the psychological level of IDR 10,000 trillion. Previously, state assets were worth IDR 6,000 trillion in 2018.
Furthermore, assets in 2020 were recorded at IDR 11,098 trillion and for the 2021 period it was not less than IDR 11,454 trillion.
VOI noted that the soaring value of goods owned and controlled by the government could not be separated from the asset revaluation program carried out by the Ministry of Finance several years ago.
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