The government’s implementation of budget efficiency measures is feared to also affect the sustainability of mass media in the country, as the share of advertising spending in the media wi...
Policy Commentary
The surge in homecoming traffic is unavoidable during long holiday seasons and religious festivities. Travelers have become familiar with traffic congestion, especially ahead of Lebaran.
President Prabowo Subianto’s policy of cutting budgets across several ministries has extended to regional governments.
The plan to establish the Daya Anagata Nusantara Investment Management Agency, also known as BPI Danantara, has drawn significant public attention.
Thousands of university students held a demonstration opposing several government policies deemed unsupportive of the public’s needs. The student crowd marched from the Patung Kuda area to...
President Prabowo Subianto’s budget cut policy, which involves reducing ministerial budgets, is seen as having significant effects on rural development and agriculture.
Several policies have sparked debate across various sectors over the past 100 days in the Prabowo-Gibran administration of the ‘Merah Putih’ cabinet.
In early January, the Directorate General of Taxes at Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance officially implemented the Core Tax Administration System (Coretax) as the country’s new tax adminis...
The Prabowo-Gibran administration is undertaking significant cost-cutting measures by implementing budget efficiency in the State Budget (APBN) and the Regional Budget (APBD).
Dr. Mulyadi Sumarto, a lecturer from the Department of Social Development and Welfare at the UGM Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol UGM), noted that increased BPJS premiums ar...
The government has made a drastic budget cut of IDR 81.38 trillion to the Ministry of Public Works, reducing the original budget of IDR 110.95 trillion.
The government is intensifying efforts to strengthen food security by reducing dependence on imported products. This year, imports of four staple commodities—sugar, salt, rice, and corn—...
Plans to grant universities permits to manage mining operations continue to face opposition. Universities are being doubted for their ability and capacity to manage the mining business.
Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry, Raja Juli Antoni, has officially revoked the Business Permit for Forest Utilization (PBPH) of 18 forest management companies. The total area of revoked co...
Cooperatives are the backbone of Indonesia’s economy and have a long history closely tied to empowering the people’s economy. The Ministry of Cooperatives of the Republic of Indonesia ha...
President Prabowo Subianto has introduced a policy to cut the national budget (APBN), aiming for an efficiency of 306 billion rupiah. This policy reduces funding for several institutions and...
Since Feb. 1, 2025, the government has officially prohibited the sale of subsidized 3-kilogram Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) canisters at retailers. The 3-kg gas may only be sold at Pertamin...
President Prabowo Subianto’s policy, as outlined in Presidential Instruction No. 1/2025 on the efficiency of the 2025 state budget (APBN) expenditure, is a strategic step taken by the gove...
Universities have been proposed to manage mining operations. This proposal was raised during the Plenary Session for the Drafting of the Bill on Minerals and Coal (Minerba), which was held b...