322,000 Households in Central Java Enrolled in Digital Social Protection System
A total of 322,117 households in Central Java have been registered in the digital social protection system. This data collection effort is being continuously strengthened to ensure that those in need can be identified and granted access to social protection accurately.
To support the registration and verification process, the Central Java Provincial Government has provided 5,994 social protection agents (Perlinsos) distributed across various regions. Of that number, 3,360 agents are recorded as active in assisting the community with the registration process.
This information emerged during the Meeting for the Expansion of Digital Public Infrastructure-Based Digital Social Protection Trials, held online on Tuesday, 8 September 2026. The meeting, led by the Chairman of the National Economic Council (DEN), Luhut B. Pandjaitan, was attended directly by the Governor of Central Java, Ahmad Luthfi.
During the session, Luthfi expressed his full support for the digitalisation of social assistance. However, he noted that the success of the system depends heavily on the strength of the accompanying agents in the field, as the primary targets for social assistance are those in deciles 1-4, ranging from the extremely poor to the vulnerable poor.
Consequently, he requested that assisting agents be strengthened by involving various elements close to the community, including local government officials, the police, Family Hope Program (PKH) facilitators, and Posyandu (integrated healthcare centre) workers.
Luthfi stated that strengthening these assistants is also vital to ensuring the verification process runs optimally. Field evaluations still reveal issues regarding the accuracy of aid targets, including recipient data that has not been updated to reflect current conditions.
He believes that the digitalisation of social protection will reduce the issue of recipients receiving aid for years without updates, as the system allows data to be updated and verified in real-time.
“We from Central Java Province fully support this activity, but we urge that these agents be strengthened to ensure accuracy regarding verification,” he emphasised.
The digitalisation of social protection is aimed at making recipient data more accurate, integrated, and continuously updated. The system also enables a mechanism for registration and data updates on-demand, so that the public does not always have to wait for a multi-level data collection process.
The Chairman of the DEN, Luhut B. Pandjaitan, requested that Central Java expand the involvement of various elements down to the lowest levels. Local governments, village heads, the TNI (National Armed Forces), Polri (National Police), Babinsa, and Koramil are encouraged to assist the community in accessing the system.
Meanwhile, the Minister of PANRB, Rini Widyantini, reviewed the progress of Digital Social Protection in Sumedang, where 111,077 households have been registered to strengthen the accuracy of social assistance targets.
Through the Digital Social Protection Program, the government is building a system that integrates data from various agencies to ensure recipients can be verified more accurately. The Ministry of PANRB is also expanding the trial of Digital Social Protection to Mataram, where the registration process for social assistance now takes only two minutes at zero cost.
A major issue in social protection programmes is ‘inclusion error’, where individuals who are not eligible for aid end up receiving it. The registration process, which was previously manual and lacked transparency, is being transformed into a digital system that is automated and traceable.