Corruption Watchdog Reports Potential Revenue Loss From Mining
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Government's revenue from mining industry and concessions in the last 13 years has been below the supposed amount, the Indonesia Corruption Watch reported on Wednesday. Legal violations in mining sector also spanned from licensing, spatial and environment management, up to sociological impact management.
The corruption watchdog revealed that a total of Rp21.184 trillion of royalty payment from coal from 1994 – 2007, Rp194.09 trillion oil revenue from 2000 – 2007, and Rp30.25 trillion gas revenue from 2002 – 2007, were below the supposed revenue based on fair calculations.
“The government did not receive as much as it supposed to,” Firdaus Ilyas Coordinator of the Data and Analysis Division told a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday (11/11).
Udiansyah, a lecturer with the Faculty of Forestry at the Lambung Mangkurat University said some of the regulations which provide loopholes for corruption included the Agreement for Coal Mining Enterprises (Perjanjian Karya Pengusahaan Pertambangan Batubara), Government Regulation No. 45 of 2003 on The Upper Limit Tariff of non tax revenues, Government Regulation No 2 of 2008 on Types and Tariff of non tax revenues from forest estates, and Government Regulation No 45 of 2003 on calory grades of coal.
The group assessed that violations in mining management related to the environment and human would pose potentially huge impacts, including environmental damage, corruption, and criminal offense.
The group urged the government to draw a blue print for natural resources need to harmonise between usage and exploitation.
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The corruption watchdog revealed that a total of Rp21.184 trillion of royalty payment from coal from 1994 – 2007, Rp194.09 trillion oil revenue from 2000 – 2007, and Rp30.25 trillion gas revenue from 2002 – 2007, were below the supposed revenue based on fair calculations.
“The government did not receive as much as it supposed to,” Firdaus Ilyas Coordinator of the Data and Analysis Division told a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday (11/11).
Udiansyah, a lecturer with the Faculty of Forestry at the Lambung Mangkurat University said some of the regulations which provide loopholes for corruption included the Agreement for Coal Mining Enterprises (Perjanjian Karya Pengusahaan Pertambangan Batubara), Government Regulation No. 45 of 2003 on The Upper Limit Tariff of non tax revenues, Government Regulation No 2 of 2008 on Types and Tariff of non tax revenues from forest estates, and Government Regulation No 45 of 2003 on calory grades of coal.
The group assessed that violations in mining management related to the environment and human would pose potentially huge impacts, including environmental damage, corruption, and criminal offense.
The group urged the government to draw a blue print for natural resources need to harmonise between usage and exploitation.
DIANING SARI