Tito: Dukcapil Data Integration Strengthens Targeted Social Protection
Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian has praised the success of a pilot project for social protection programmes in Banyuwangi Regency, highlighting the crucial role of the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) as the foundation for e-government. Based on the pilot project results as of 30 June 2026, out of 323,339 family heads registered for Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT), 45.2 per cent were identified as potentially eligible, while the remainder were deemed potentially ineligible. For the Family Hope Programme (PKH), 31.2 per cent of the 290,731 registered family heads were considered potentially eligible.
“The first phase of this e-government is to target social assistance issues, so that aid is precisely targeted by integrating it with Dukcapil data, which includes face recognition, fingerprints, and retina scans,” Tito said in a written statement on Monday (3/8/2026). He made the remarks while opening the Dukcapil National Coordination Meeting and the release of the First Semester 2026 Population Data at the Birawa Assembly Hall, Bidakara Hotel, Jakarta.
Tito explained that in implementing e-government, Dukcapil data is integrated with data from the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency to determine whether potential social assistance recipients own land assets. The data is also matched with the National Single Social and Economic Data compiled by the Central Statistics Agency through door-to-door surveys. Furthermore, Dukcapil data is integrated with police data, specifically the One-Stop Single Administration System, to verify vehicle ownership by potential recipients.
“So several ministries are joining together … but the initial data used is the individual data from Dukcapil,” he clarified. He added that this inter-ministerial and institutional data integration will produce more accurate data, ensuring that aid is received by people who truly meet the criteria. “If it falls into the hands of those who are not entitled, it is a waste and causes social jealousy among those who are struggling but do not receive it,” he said.
Tito further stated that the success of the Banyuwangi Regency government has encouraged the replication of e-government implementation in other regions. He admitted to having directly reviewed the system’s implementation for the social protection programme in Gianyar Regency, Bali, on 4 July 2026. Based on the monitoring results, the system is capable of producing accurate, real-time, and transparent data. “If it falls into the right hands, social assistance is effective and efficient in helping the community, especially amid the current economic pressures,” he explained. Consequently, Tito is targeting the implementation of e-government for social protection in 143 regencies and cities this August. The selected areas are those that meet several criteria, including having adequate internet infrastructure, a responsive Dukcapil office, and support from the regional head.