The Government Will Expand The Coverage Of People Recipients Of Electric Motor Incentives

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Investment Minister/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia gave a signal that the government will expand the scope of people receiving electric motorcycle incentives to become the general public from previously community groups with various certain categories.

"It seems that in the future, it will be opened to the public," said Bahlil after a meeting at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, July 31.

Prior to the plan to change the requirements for receiving this incentive, the government imposed four categories or requirements to get an electric motorbike purchase incentive, namely, first the people's business credit recipient (KUR). Second, recipients of work wages assistance below Rp. 3.5 million. Third, electricity users below 900 VA. Fourth, recipients of social assistance (bansos).

Bahlil said the meeting at the Presidential Palace chaired by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) this Monday decided that the requirements and procedures for distributing incentives for buying electric motorbikes for the public would be cut. There are considerations that the provision of electric motor incentives is only based on an ID card or population identification number.

"We considered every single ID card, one electric motorbike. There are considerations like that," said Bahlil.

The reduction in the incentive distribution procedure is to expand the scope of the incentive recipient community. This, said Bahlil, was needed because the realization of incentive recipients targeted by the government was 200 thousand recipients this year, only more than one percent was realized until July 2023.

"After seeing there are some procedurals that we see are not clear," said Bahlil.

Bahlil explained that the provision of electric motor incentives to the public is not only to provide subsidies or social assistance, but to help realize the use of fossil energy to environmentally friendly energy. In addition, the use of electric motors can also help reduce imports of fuel oil (BBM).

"This is for a clean Indonesia and to reduce fuel as well, diversion," he said.

Meanwhile, as of Monday, there are still 198,718 units of electric motors that have not been distributed from the target of 200 thousand incentives this year. The data is based on the Information System for Providing Two-wheeled Electric Vehicle Purchase Assistance (SISAPIRa), the government has prepared a subsidy budget for new electric motors and conversions that are valid for 2023-2024 amounting to IDR 7 trillion.