DEN to Involve Telkom in Server Needs for Digital Social Protection System

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Economic Council (DEN) has stated that it will involve PT Telkom (Persero) to meet the server requirements for the Digital Social Protection (Perlinsos Digital) system.

During a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday, the Chairman of the DEN, Luhut Binsary Panjaitan, noted that the government will currently continue to use the existing National Data Centre (PDN).

“For now, we are still using the PDN available at the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi). However, it has been considered and designed by the team to involve Telkom in the future. This is so that we do not rely on the State Budget (APBN). But in the end, we will see,” said Luhut.

The Digital Social Protection system is targeted for release in October or November 2026.

“In October or November, the President (Prabowo Subianto) will launch it nationally across 541 regencies. We hope that 80-90 per cent of the implementation will be in place by then,” Luhut added.

Luhut, who also serves as the Special Advisor to the President for Digitalisation and Government Technology, stated that the Digital Social Protection system is expected to be implemented gradually and comprehensively on a national scale by the end of this year.

He added that pilot projects for this system, based on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), are already underway in several regions across Indonesia.

Furthermore, Luhut noted that 42 regencies/cities are currently participating in these pilot trials. Residents in these areas are targeted to register themselves in the system by next July.

“We have also agreed that for these 42 pilot regencies, the registration process should be completed by the end of July. This will allow us to determine the scale, as there are 35 million people targeted to be registered in the Digital Social Protection system,” said Luhut.

Meanwhile, President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to personally monitor the regions currently conducting the Digital Social Protection pilot projects early next month.