Indonesia Reveals Profits Accepted By Investors At IKN Nusantara In Hannover Messe 2023

Deputy Chairperson of the Investment and Capital Authority of IKN Agung Wicaksono (right). Photo: Doc. Ministry of Industry

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government offers investment in the Nusantara IKN (National Capital) project at the Hannover Messe 2023 exhibition. Deputy Chairperson of the Investment and Capital Authority of IKN Agung Wicaksono said, in achieving the vision of Indonesia Gold 2045, the Indonesian government has determined its focus on the first phase of IKN development.

"It consists of the Top Priority, namely energy, transportation and transportation, water treatment, telecommunications, housing, and waste treatment," he said in a written statement, quoted on Friday, April 21.

Furthermore, High Priority includes urban management, technology, health facilities, commercial buildings, schools and universities, as well as industrial estates.

Agung said that the development of IKN Nusantara greatly opened investment opportunities for investors spread across the Top Priority and High Priority sectors.

Later, the Government of Indonesia will provide incentives for investors who will invest in IKN Nusantara, namely in the form of special tax incentives.

"Consisting of tax holidays, super deduction tax for investment in vocational education as well as research and development (research and development), super deduction donation, income tax (PPh), Value Added Tax (VAT), and excise," said Agung.

According to him, the funding scheme at IKN Nusantara consists of a Public-Private Partnership, Company Particication, Use of Public Facilities and Government Assets with control from the IKN Authority, foreign direct investment (FDI), sources of creative funding, and so on.

"The steps that the Indonesian government can take regarding investment in IKN are to promote IKN investment in international forums such as Hannover Messe and other forums," said Agung.

Meanwhile, the Director General of Regional Resilience and International Industrial Access (KPAII) of the Ministry of Industry Eko SA Cahyanto said that industry players are expected to be able to contribute to the development of IKN by developing high-level technology to support the smooth implementation of its development.

"Global business actors and investors can take this extremely rare opportunity and to be part of the history of the development of a new civilization that began in the capital city of the archipelago," he added.

The plan to relocate the State Capital (IKN) of the Republic of Indonesia has long been studied by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. The government has conducted an in-depth analysis regarding the relocation of locations from Jakarta on the island of Java to the island of Kalimantan.

This is because it considers future sustainability factors and the potential for the design of a new city planning model.