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        "msgid": "indonesias-free-meal-programme-reaches-57-million-1792392613",
        "date": "2026-10-19 13:03:44",
        "title": "Indonesia\u2019s Free Meal Programme Reaches 57 Million",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia\u2019s Free Nutritious Meals programme had reached more than 57 million beneficiaries by 30 September, with Rp153.2 trillion spent from its state budget allocation. The government is expanding coverage towards a 2027 target of more than 72 million people while suspending 1,276 kitchens that lack hygiene and sanitation certificates and piloting buffet-style service.",
        "content": "<p>Indonesia\u2019s Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program had reached more than\n57 million people by September 30, as President Prabowo Subianto and\nVice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka approached their second\nanniversary in office.<\/p>\n<p>Government Communications Agency (Bakom) Deputy for Partnerships and\nMedia Relations Kurnia Ramadhana said on Sunday that beneficiaries\nincluded students, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and toddlers,\nserved through 27,486 Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPGs) across\n38 provinces.<\/p>\n<p>The government is expanding the program\u2019s reach while tightening food\nsafety standards, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has temporarily suspended\noperations at 1,276 kitchens without hygiene and sanitation certificates\nas part of efforts to strengthen food safety standards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As of September 30, MBG spending from the state budget totaled\nRp153.2 trillion (US$8.49 billion), or 66.9 percent of the Rp229\ntrillion (US$12.69 billion) allocation.<\/p>\n<p>The government aims to reach 72,464,886 beneficiaries in 2027,\nincluding students, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and toddlers,\nRamadhana said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, BGN inaugurated nine Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units\nin Natuna, Riau Islands, a frontier, disadvantaged and outermost area,\nbringing the district\u2019s total to 14. The new units have yet to begin\noperating.<\/p>\n<p>Buffet-Style Meals<\/p>\n<p>Launched on January 6, 2025, MBG is being piloted at selected\nlocations where students receive meals buffet-style.<\/p>\n<p>BGN head Sudaryono said the buffet-style service is being tested in\nseveral regions, including Java, Aceh, Palembang and frontier,\ndisadvantaged and outermost areas.<\/p>\n<p>BGN aims to have as many as 5,000 SPPGs adopt buffet-style meal\nservice by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Indonesia introduces buffet-style MBG meals to reduce\nfood waste<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Indonesia\u2019s BGN launches 980 MBG kitchens in 3T,\nhigh-stunting regions<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Genta Tenri M, Resinta Sulistiyandari<\/p>",
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