Current accounts, the salary subsidy of the fifth stage is disbursed, Wednesday (7/10)

Reporter: Abdul basith bardan | Editor: Khomarul Hidayat

KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Private employees whose salary is less than 5 million rupees per month, be prepared to verify your account. Labor Minister Ida Fauziyah confirmed that the fifth phase of the salary or wage subsidy will be disbursed on Wednesday (7/10).

Previously, the Ministry of Labor had received data on more than 600,000 potential beneficiaries of wage subsidies. According to technical standards, Tuesday (6/100) is the last time in the verification process of the data provided.

“Morning lot the fifth will be disbursed because we receive data of around 600,000, “Ida said in an official statement on Tuesday (10/6).

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In four lot previously disbursed wage subsidies that amount to 98.42% of the goal or up to 11.47 million beneficiaries. Ida is optimistic that the target of 12.4 million wage subsidy recipients can soon be reached.

“Hopefully we can pay off all these wage subsidies to the recipients of 12.4 million,” Ida explained.

Just so you know, wage subsidy assistance is one of the National Economic Recovery (PEN) programs to ease the burden due to the corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic. Wage support or allowances of Rs 600,000 per month are provided to active participating workers of the Social Security Administration for Employment (BP Jamsostek) with salaries below Rs 5 million per month.

The hope is that this assistance will increase public consumption amid Covid-19. To positively contribute to the economic growth of Indonesia.

In addition to wage subsidy assistance, the government also runs other programs in PEN efforts. Among others related to social assistance as well as assistance to small and medium microenterprises (UMKM).