Government cash aid

Government cash aid

From Republika

About 15.5 million poor families, or around 62 million people will be receiving financial assistance of Rp 100,000 in cash from the government. According to Sofyan Djalil, the Minister of Communications and Information, the money would be distributed to those entitled to the aid one week before the government raises the price of fuel next October.

The aid money is chiefly aimed at relieving the people's burden from the effect of the fuel price hike, in other words the poor will be able to survive. The money will be directly sent to the entitled recipients through the post offices or Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), and each recipient would keep a card to record the transfer.

We should give our appreciation to the government's commitment to help the poor in this way, and hope that the implementation of the system will continue to work.

DWI PRASOJO Jakarta