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DIY NEWS – The Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Areas and Transmigration (Mendes PDTT) Abdul Halim Iskandar stated that there is a portion of IDR 30.7 billion of the remaining budget of the Village Fund that can be used for the Cash Workforce Program of Villages (PKTD) and it is estimated that it can absorb 7.05 million workers.
Abdul Halim in an online press conference, after a limited meeting chaired by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in Jakarta on Thursday, said that the activities of the PKDT would take place from October to December 2020.
“PKTD in October, November, December has priority for PKTD that does not require high materials. So the minimum is above 50 percent for wages, so labor absorption is high,” he said.
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In the period of labor-intensive development with a budget of IDR 30.7 trillion, Abdul Halim estimates that PKTD will absorb 7,056,751 workers.
“PKTD until December, assuming that each PKTD is eight days a month, we will find 7,056,751 workers who will be absorbed,” he said.
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In addition to the IDR 30.7 billion budget for PKTD, there is still a Village Fund budget of IDR 13.06 billion to continue the Direct Cash Assistance Program (BLT).
Abdul Halim hopes that by opening millions of jobs in rural areas, he will increase people’s purchasing power and minimize the economic impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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