The dispensation of financial stimuli for active employees making less than Rp 5 million (US$34416) monthly has actually been held off from Aug. 25 to the end of this month.
Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah said the start of the program– which will offer eligible receivers Rp 600,000 in month-to-month help over a period of 4 months– was delayed to provide more time to cross check the information of recipients registered in the Workers Social Security Firm (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan).
The federal government requires more time as 2.5 millions employees are listed as recipients in the first batch of the stimulus disbursement, she stated.
“[We projected that it] would take at least four days to perform a checklist. So, we say sorry to the first batch of receivers as we require to be additional mindful in cross-checking the data,” Ida said as quoted by kompas.com on Monday.
She ensured that the stimuli would be distributed no later than Aug. 31.
The federal government has assigned Rp 37.7 trillion from the state budget plan for the program. Some 15.7 million social security program beneficiaries will be included in the scheme.
The stimulus is not available for state-owned business workers and civil servants. It is likewise different from the preemployment card program, which only concentrates on assisting job hunters and laid-off employees by funding their task training. (dpk)
