BGN to Evaluate SPPG Incentives, No Longer Uniform Rp 6 Million per Day

Deputy Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Agustina Arumsari has stated that incentives for the Nutritional Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG) will no longer be uniformly set at Rp 6 million per day. She said her agency will review beneficiary data from the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme.

“Yes, yes (incentive evaluation). That will be included later. Once the beneficiary data is fixed, we expect the incentive will not be fixed at Rp 6 million for everyone,” Arumsari said after a meeting with Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR) at the parliament building in Jakarta on Monday (15/6/2026).

She noted that under the previous BGN leadership, incentives for SPPG were standardised at Rp 6 million. Arumsari stated that her team will restructure the incentive budget.

“Now it has been changed by the previous leadership, so that even with 1,500 beneficiaries the incentive is Rp 6 million, and with 500 beneficiaries it is also Rp 6 million. That is how it was before. So later, once we know the real number of beneficiaries receiving meals from that SPPG, for example, that will have an impact on the restructuring,” Arum explained.

“Perhaps we will merge them, that could happen. It could be that because in that area there are only a certain number, we will merge this SPPG with that SPPG, and so on. That process will certainly follow the refocusing process,” she continued.

She stated that BGN will not standardise incentives for SPPG. Arum emphasised that every SPPG must produce nutritious and high-quality food for the beneficiaries.

“So, we will then set the incentives not in that way anymore, and they will not be uniform either, the form will not be the same. Then we will evaluate the incentive model itself. It is not just about producing a certain output and then being given that. It is about how you are able to produce quality food, meeting the food standards, its safety, and food security,” she said.

Arum hopes that with this approach, the MBG budget will be right on target. She wants to ensure there are no further findings of waste in the MBG programme in the future.

“No, it will not be averaged out. So, all of this is expected so that we can achieve the programme’s goals, but the budget is truly on target. So, it will not be like the current model, which indeed has a tendency to be more wasteful, leading to state financial waste,” she added.