Home Affairs Minister: Additional TKD to disaster-affected regions accelerates recovery
Jakarta — Home Affairs Minister and Chair of the Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Acceleration Task Force for Sumatra, Muhammad Tito Karnavian, stressed that an additional Transfer to Regions (TKD) of around Rp10.6 trillion will be allocated to disaster-affected areas in Sumatra to accelerate recovery.
‘We want to strengthen the financial capacity of the regional governments affected by the disaster—the three disaster-stricken provinces in Sumatra,’ he said in a briefing in Jakarta.
He delivered the explanation at a briefing on Circular Letter regarding the Adjustment of TKD for the 2026 Fiscal Year in the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) for disaster-affected areas in Aceh, North Sumatra (Sumut), and West Sumatra (Sumbar).
The event, attended by regional governments in the three affected provinces, took place virtually from the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Central Office (Kemendagri), Jakarta.
The TKD addition is the realisation of the Home Affairs Minister’s proposal to President Prabowo Subianto and the DPR RI. He said the President decided that the addition would not only be provided to directly affected areas, but to all districts/cities and provinces in Sumut, Sumbar, and Aceh, including those not affected. ‘He (the President) decided to provide all of it, whether affected or not province-wide, because the disaster is regarded as provincial disaster,’ he said.
The policy has already been implemented through the Indonesian Finance Ministry Decree (KMK) No. 59 of 2026. He has also issued a circular to regulate the technical use of the funds. ‘I am trying to simplify things for fellow executive heads of the regions,’ he explained.
Furthermore, he said the President asked that the extra budget be truly used to speed up disaster recovery. For areas not affected by the disaster, the funds can be used to support mitigation or disaster-prevention programmes, such as repairing bridges or dams deemed prone to impacts. ‘This also includes for spatial planning, for example, training for disaster management. I have even created opportunities for use to address inflation,’ he added.