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Jokowi highlights condition to surpass growth forecast in 2021 25th February 2021
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) waved his hand after observing the Citarum embankment in Bekasi, West Java, on Wednesday. (Feb 24, 2021). ANTARA/Lukas-Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau/pri./sh
The nation should unite its energy, focus on handling the health crisis, and boost economic growth. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia s economic growth can surpass the global 2021 forecast of four to five percent if it were to unify and channel its energy to exclusively handle the health crisis, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated. The condition is simple. The nation should unite its energy, focus on handling the health crisis, and boost economic growth, Jokowi remarked here on Thursday during a virtual forum of the CNBC Indonesia Economy Outlook 2021.
Govt readies new fraud-proof mechanism for basic food aid distribution 29th December 2020
Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini (second from right) observes the Social Welfare Institution (LKS) that handles people with disabilities in Ponorogo, East Java, on Sunday (27/12/2020) (ANTARA / HO.Humas Ditjen Rehsos) Jakarta (ANTARA) - Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini spoke of the government having formulated a new-fangled mechanism for distributing basic food aid in 2021 that can prevent fraud. We will distribute basic necessities. In February, we will update a mechanism for distributing basic food aid that is easier, Rismaharini stated during a virtual press conference after a limited meeting at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, on Tuesday.
Social Affairs Ministry launches social entrepreneurship program 28th December 2020
Illustration - A family of graduated beneficiaries of the Family Hope Program (PKH) in Buleleng District, Bali. ANTARA/Made Adnyana/sh
Prokus is aimed at empowering people through business approaches. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Social Affairs Ministry has launched the Social Entrepreneurship Program (Prokus) targeting graduated beneficiaries of the Family Hope Program (PKH) to assist them in keeping their businesses afloat. Prokus is aimed at empowering people through business approaches, the ministry s Director General of Social Empowerment, Edi Suharto, noted in a statement here on Sunday.
The first strategy is the B-for-S business approach to address the social risk, while the second is the B plus S approach, a business and social integration for the people’s empowerment.
24,000 microbusiness owners in Ambon city to get govt aid 11th December 2020
Microbusiness owners at a recent halal food festival in Ambon city. (John Soplanit) Ambon, Maluku (ANTARA) - About 24 thousand microbusiness owners in Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, have been verified to receive productive aid from the government, a local official revealed here on Friday.
As of this week, some 12,000 of the 24,000 verified microbusiness owners have received the productive aid funds. Each of them received Rp2.4 million, head of the Ambon city administration s SME and Cooperative Units, Marthen Kailuhu, said.
Kailuhu said his office had proposed the names of 30,013 cooperative units and four microbusinesses for the productive aid.