A Poltracking Indonesia survey shows that the Free Nutritious Meals\n(MBG) programme is the one whose benefits are most felt by the public.\nAs many as 55% of respondents expressed satisfaction with this flagship\nprogramme of the government of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice\nPresident Gibran Rakabuming Raka.<\/p>\n
The survey was conducted from 2-8 March 2025 with a total of 1,220\nrespondents spread across all provinces. The survey was carried out\nthrough face-to-face interviews.<\/p>\n
The respondents were selected randomly using the multistage random\nsampling method. The survey\u2019s margin of error is +\/- 2.9 percent with a\n95 percent confidence level.<\/p>\n
Poltracking\u2019s Lead Researcher Masduri Amwari revealed five programmes\nthat are most dominantly felt to be beneficial by the public. The survey\nshows that the MBG programme is the most beneficial felt by the public,\nwith 36.5% of respondents rating it as the most useful programme. Below\nit are wage subsidy assistance (BSU), free healthcare services, the\nIndonesia Smart Card (KIP), and the Indonesia Healthy Card (KIS).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe public feels that 36.5% [consider] the MBG programme the most\nbeneficial, followed by wage subsidy assistance at 11%, then free\nhealthcare services at 9.6%, KIP at 8.6%, and KIS at 7.2%. At least\nthere are five programmes most dominantly felt to be beneficial,\u201d said\nMasduri during a press conference on Poltracking\u2019s YouTube, on Monday\n(13\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n
Then, in terms of targeting accuracy, MBG again ranks first with\n32.1%. This is followed by KIP, wage subsidy assistance, KIS, and free\nhealthcare services. This finding shows that MBG not only excels in\nterms of benefits but is also rated as the most accurately targeted by\nthe public.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most accurately targeted priority programme is again MBG in\nfirst place at 32.1%, then KIP at 10.4%, and Wage Subsidy Assistance at\n9.1%, KIS at 8.9%, and free healthcare services at 8.5%,\u201d said\nMasduri.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the survey delved specifically into the MBG programme.\nThe results show that public awareness of this programme is very high,\nreaching 88%. However, public satisfaction is still at 55%.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also delved into the priority MBG programme; from this data, 88%\nof the public know about this very popular and phenomenal programme, but\nonly 55% are satisfied with it,\u201d said Masduri.<\/p>\n
Masduri assesses that strategic communication steps from the\ngovernment are needed to increase public acceptance of the MBG\nprogramme. According to him, various notes and inputs from the public\nalso need to be a primary concern so that the programme\u2019s implementation\ncan be improved.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis means the government needs to carry out strategic communication\nto increase public acceptance of free nutritious meals. So that\nsatisfaction with the government\u2019s performance related to MBG runs well,\nand most fundamentally, of course, to improve the notes and inputs that\nhave so far been very numerous regarding the MBG programme,\u201d he\nstated.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/poltracking-survey-free-nutritious-meals-programme-most-felt-benefits-55-of-public-satisfied-1776070258", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }