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        "id": 1750256,
        "msgid": "sragen-launches-zero-interest-umkm-credit-1779546032",
        "date": "2026-05-19 22:49:38",
        "title": "Sragen launches zero-interest UMKM credit",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Sragen Regency in Central Java has launched a zero-interest credit scheme for MSMEs under the Regional People's Credit Scheme (KURDA) to expand access to financing and support financial inclusion. Nationally, government figures on KUR were cited, highlighting ongoing efforts to boost financial inclusion and empower MSMEs.",
        "content": "<p>Sragen Regency Government in Central Java launched a zero-interest\nmicro, small and medium enterprise (MSMEs) credit programme via the\nRegional People\u2019s Credit Scheme (KURDA) as an effort to broaden\nfinancing access for MSMEs. Minister for Cooperatives and Small and\nMedium Enterprises Maman Abdurrahman, at the inauguration of KURDA in\nSragen on Tuesday, praised the initiative and viewed it as tangible\nevidence of the Sragen government\u2019s commitment to financial inclusion\nand poverty alleviation. He said this interest-free financing scheme is\nexpected to reach MSMEs that have not yet fully accessed formal\nfinancial services. \u2018KURDA is also expected to be an important\ninstrument to push MSMEs to move up a class,\u2019 Maman said in a press\nstatement. Nationally, he noted that the disbursement of the People\u2019s\nBusiness Credit (KUR) had reached Rp105.8 trillion to 1.69 million KUR\nborrowers. Of that total, 1.14 million were new borrowers and around 511\nthousand MSMEs had successfully transitioned upward. In Central Java,\nKUR disbursements reached Rp18.9 trillion to 348 thousand MSMEs, with\n57.1 percent of them in the production sector. Minister Maman urged all\nMSMEs in Sragen to take advantage of the various programmes and\nfacilities prepared by the government, through KUR, KURDA, and other\nprogrammes, as a means to strengthen businesses, expand markets, and\nraise the competitiveness of Indonesian MSME products.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/sragen-launches-zero-interest-umkm-credit-1779546032",
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