House Pushes for Integrated Population Data to Fix Social Aid Distribution Errors

Member of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), KH Aus Hidayat Nur, has stated that population data integration is an urgent necessity to minimise inclusion errors, namely citizens who are not eligible yet receive assistance. It is also needed to minimise exclusion errors, where eligible citizens do not receive assistance.

According to Aus, the problems of duplicate data, deceased residents still being recorded, unupdated changes of domicile, and the suboptimal integration of data between agencies can affect the accuracy of social assistance distribution. He urged that the national identity number (NIK) must become the foundation for public service integration, including in the verification process for social assistance recipients.

“Data inaccuracies not only cause the budget to become inefficient, but can also lead to social injustice and reduce public trust,” said Aus in a press release in Jakarta, Tuesday (11/8/2026).

According to Aus, the use of Digital Population Identity (IKD) can strengthen the accuracy of identity verification. Meanwhile, the National Socio-Economic Single Data (DTSEN) serves as a more integrated socio-economic database. The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician also emphasised the development of the Social Assistance Verification Ecosystem (ID-SAVE), which integrates Dukcapil through NIK, IKD, DTSEN, data interoperability, automatic verification, and social assistance distribution.

“With NIK as the foundation, IKD to strengthen verification, and DTSEN as an integrated socio-economic database, we want to ensure that government assistance is truly received by the citizens who are entitled to it,” said Aus at the event ‘Rebranding Dukcapil: Jemput Bola Verifikasi Kependudukan dalam Rangka Perlindungan Sosial’ in Balikpapan City.