Jakarta – President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo stressed on the need to boost the distribution of direct cash help to the general public through numerous cash transfer schemes to bring back the nationwide economy.
” For financial recovery, the money transfer scheme for direct support to the community ought to be accelerated,” President Widodo said during a restricted meeting held to talk about the topic of the Report of the Committee on Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday.
A number of schemes for which the president sought faster circulation were direct money support (BLT) for towns, money social assistance, non-cash food support (BNPT) that was increased in number, productive support for micro businesses, and aid for subsidizing employee salaries.
The head of state is sentient of the persisting technical obstacles in the execution and distribution of those kinds of support.
The president highlighted that all problems positioning a limitation ought to be resolved right away.
Widodo mentioned the example of the wage aid assistance, mostly constrained by data and checking account matters.
” We hope that it would be finished by mid-August to mid-September, so that we can utilize our development,” the president said.
On the occasion, the president highlighted that healing in the economic sector remains in line with the health sector amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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