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        "id": 1665034,
        "msgid": "finance-minister-additional-rp1-77-trillion-for-hajj-costs-from-state-budget-1775663468",
        "date": "2026-04-08 22:25:24",
        "title": "Finance Minister: Additional Rp1.77 Trillion for Hajj Costs from State Budget",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Finance",
        "summary": "Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has announced an additional Rp1.77 trillion allocation from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) to cover increased flight costs for Hajj pilgrims due to rising aviation fuel prices. This funding, sourced from annual efficiency savings, ensures that the Hajj operational cost (BPIH) for 2026 remains reduced by Rp2 million per pilgrim, at Rp87,409,366, despite global avtur price surges. President Prabowo Subianto emphasised the government's commitment to lowering Hajj expenses by approximately Rp2 million while providing financial support to 220,000 affected pilgrims.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that\nthe additional budget of Rp1.77 trillion to cover the costs of aircraft\nfor Hajj pilgrims comes from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget\n(APBN). \u201cIt\u2019s from the APBN, as there are still reserves,\u201d Purbaya said\nat the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Wednesday. Purbaya\nexplained that the reserve budget was obtained from efficiency results\nbased on calculations over one year. These efficiency results, Purbaya\nsaid, can be used for positions that need it, one of which is for the\nadditional costs of aircraft for Hajj pilgrims that have increased due\nto the surge in avtur prices. \u201cWe\u2019ve already done efficiencies. I\u2019m\nconfident that the efficiencies calculated over the year, part of them\nuntil the end of the year. If the efficiencies are taken and put in one\nplace, they will later be channelled to the new expenditures mentioned\nearlier,\u201d he clarified. Previously reported, President Prabowo Subianto\nannounced that the cost per Indonesian Hajj pilgrim candidate for 2026\nremains reduced by Rp2 million, despite the rise in avtur prices. \u201cWe\nensure that the Hajj cost for 2026 is lowered by around Rp2 million,\neven though avtur prices have risen,\u201d President Prabowo said during a\nGovernment Working Meeting at the Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday. In\naddition, in response to the increase in global avtur prices which\nimpacts the rise in flight tariffs, the government will also provide\nfinancing support for 220,000 affected Hajj pilgrim candidates amounting\nto Rp1.77 trillion. The Indonesian Government and the Indonesian House\nof Representatives in 2025 have set the Hajj Operational Cost (BPIH) for\n2026 to remain reduced by Rp2 million, so the amount this year reaches\nRp87,409,366 per pilgrim.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/finance-minister-additional-rp1-77-trillion-for-hajj-costs-from-state-budget-1775663468",
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