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        "id": 1798133,
        "msgid": "state-secretary-confident-free-nutritious-meal-budget-will-decrease-after-evaluation-1781179056",
        "date": "2026-06-11 17:51:21",
        "title": "State Secretary Confident Free Nutritious Meal Budget Will Decrease After Evaluation",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi has clarified that there will be no budget cuts for the Free Nutritious Meal programme, but anticipates reduced funding requirements following an ongoing governance evaluation. The review was prompted by the discovery of over 13,000 surplus service points, partly attributed to alleged trading of meal kitchen locations. A one-month evaluation target has been set, while existing meal distribution will continue uninterrupted.",
        "content": "<p>State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi stressed that there will be no budget\ncuts for the Free Nutritious Meal programme. However, according to\ncalculations, the budget requirements will decrease in line with an\nevaluation of the programme\u2019s management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a cut. But from the calculation results, we believe there\nwill be a reduction in the budget requirements for this Free Nutritious\nMeal programme,\u201d said Prasetyo after a coordination meeting at the\nCoordinating Ministry for Food building on Jalan Imam Bonjol, Central\nJakarta, Thursday (11\/6\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>The process of revamping the Free Nutritious Meal programme is\ncurrently underway. He asked for time to complete it as soon as possible\nand to recalculate the requirements following the evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, I ask for time to also calculate with the Ministry of\nFinance and with the National Nutrition Agency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, from the structuring process, we will be able to calculate more\ncarefully what the actual total budget required for this Nutritious Meal\nprogramme amounts to,\u201d Prasetyo continued.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the results of a coordination meeting between the\nCoordinating Ministry for Food and the National Nutrition Agency, the\nevaluation target is set to be completed within one month. It has been\nconfirmed that the Free Nutritious Meal programme will continue to\noperate during the evaluation process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur initial target is that this must be completed within one month.\nBut of course, there are dynamics involved. Therefore, the first thing\nwe emphasised is that what is already running must keep running, there\nmust be no disruption,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan previously revealed a\nballooning figure of over 13,000 nutrition fulfilment service points, or\nFree Nutritious Meal kitchens. This figure is a combination of kitchens\nin underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost regions and those outside\nthese areas.<\/p>\n<p>Zulkifli Hasan indicated that this surge in meal kitchen points was\nrelated to alleged cases of point buying and selling. Outside the 3T\nregions, an initial projection of 21,000 kitchens was made, but the\nlatest data shows 27,877 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, there was buying and selling of points. The initial\nplan was supposed to be 21,000 points, but now there are already 27,877\npoints. So, there is a surge of 6,877 points. That was the report from\nMrs Nanik earlier,\u201d said Zulkifli Hasan after the coordination\nmeeting.<\/p>",
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