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        "msgid": "government-prioritises-strengthening-free-nutritious-meal-programme-in-3t-regions-1786028089",
        "date": "2026-08-06 20:57:40",
        "title": "Government Prioritises Strengthening Free Nutritious Meal Programme in 3T Regions",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian government is accelerating the implementation of its Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme, with a short-term focus on underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) regions such as Papua, East Nusa Tenggara, and Maluku. Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan announced that data collection for these areas will be completed within the week. The programme will also prioritise interventions for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and toddlers to ensure aid reaches the most vulnerable groups.",
        "content": "<p>Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan has affirmed that the\ngovernment is targeting a number of strategic measures to be completed\nin the short term, particularly regarding the strengthening of the Free\nNutritious Meals (MBG) programme in the disadvantaged, frontier, and\noutermost (3T) regions, namely Papua, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), and\nMaluku.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have just resolved it, we had a meeting today and decided that\nthe data collection for the 3T regions will be completed within this\nweek, because last week we held a meeting for one month,\u201d Zulkifli said\nin his statement in Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This was conveyed by Zulkifli Hasan during a Ministerial-Level\nLimited Coordination Meeting (Rakortas) on the implementation of the\nFree Nutritious Meals (MBG) Programme at the Main Meeting Room of the\nCoordinating Ministry for Food, Jakarta, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to prioritising the 3T regions, the government is also\nfocusing interventions on priority groups, namely pregnant women,\nbreastfeeding mothers, and toddlers. This measure is being taken so that\nthe benefits of the MBG Programme can be received by the groups most in\nneed in a well-targeted manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything will be resolved properly, and it will be fair for all\nparties. So there is no need to worry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian expressed\nhis support for the government\u2019s policy of prioritising the 3T regions\nand priority target groups in the implementation of the MBG Programme.\nAccording to him, communities in these regions are the groups most in\nneed of government attention.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Directorate General of Population and Civil\nRegistration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs is ready to\nsupport the process of collecting data on beneficiaries to ensure the\nprogramme runs more accurately and is well-targeted.<\/p>\n<p>The Rakortas was also attended by Head of the National Nutrition\nAgency (BGN) Sudaryono, Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi,\nMinister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Minister of Primary and\nSecondary Education Abdul Mu\u2019ti, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment\nand Bureaucratic Reform Rini Widyantini, as well as officials from\nrelevant ministries and agencies.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/government-prioritises-strengthening-free-nutritious-meal-programme-in-3t-regions-1786028089",
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