Mataram City Government Allocates Rp 64 Billion to Eradicate Poverty in 2026

The Mataram City Government (Pemkot Mataram) has allocated a budget of Rp 64 billion for poverty eradication in 2026. The poverty alleviation budget this year is confirmed to rise significantly compared to the previous year, which stood at Rp 54 billion.

The Secretary of the Regional Secretariat (Sekda) of Mataram City, Lalu Alwan Basri, revealed that the budget will be allocated to several priority programmes. These include education programmes, training, socialisation, and community social assistance.

“This year’s budget is larger; last year it was around Rp 54 billion. We have accumulated a total of around Rp 64 billion. There is an increase,” he said on Thursday (16/4/2026).

To reduce poverty rates, Pemkot Mataram is not only intervening in people’s incomes but also addressing basic infrastructure, which is the root of the poverty problem.

“Poverty is not just an income issue, but it is related to uninhabitable houses (RTLH) and sanitation. For RTLH this year, our target is 533 units,” Alwan explained.

In addition to allocating a budget of Rp 64 billion for poverty eradication, Pemkot Mataram has also budgeted Rp 44 billion for stunting prevention this year. With a target reduction of around 5 per cent.

“For stunting eradication, many interventions will be involved. We ask the Health Agency and the Family Planning, Population Control, and Family Welfare Agency (DP2KB) to integrate their programmes with central government programmes. Just like poverty and unemployment handling. We will then hold a special coordination meeting to see what our intervention targets are this year. It’s still the first quarter,” he concluded.

Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), when viewed by place of residence, in the period September 2024-2025, the number of poor urban residents increased by 11,200 people.

Meanwhile, in rural areas, it decreased by 32,620 people. The urban poverty percentage rose from 11.64 per cent to 11.70 per cent. While in rural areas, it fell from 12.21 per cent to 11.02 per cent.

Meanwhile, the poverty line in September 2025 was Rp 575,856 per capita per month. Compared to March 2025, the poverty line rose by 3.41 per cent. While compared to September 2024, there was an increase of 6.57 per cent.

“Based on place of residence, in the period September 2024-September 2025, the urban poverty line rose by 6.99 per cent from Rp 554,327 per capita per month to Rp 593,069 per capita per month. Whereas in rural areas, it experienced an increase of 5.83 per cent from Rp 525,027 per capita per month to Rp 555,647 per capita per month,” said the Head of BPS NTB, Wahyudin.