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DIY NEWS – The government extends Social Cash Assistance (BST) for people affected by COVID-19 until June 2021 with a reach to 10 million Beneficiary Families (KPM).
Previously, the government only reached around 9 million households in the BST program.
“According to the Presidential Decree, it will continue until June 2021. Next year, the target figure is 10 million KPM,” said the General Director of Management of the Poor, Ministry of Social Affairs Asep Sasa Purnama, on Monday, 26 October 2020.
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Furthermore, the value of the assistance will also be reduced to IDR 200 thousand per KPM per month, considering that there will be many other aid that the government will also provide.
Previously, BST had been distributed in April-June 2020 with an assistance value of IDR 600 thousand per KPM, then it was reduced to IDR 300 thousand per KPM in July-December 2020 along with other assistance also provided by various ministries / agencies .
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Waves I and II of the BST only cover 33 provinces because DKI Jakarta receives social assistance to cover its basic needs. While in 2021 BST will reach all provinces, including DKI Jakarta.
Furthermore, Asep said that the realization of BST at the national level so far has reached 82 percent.
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