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Indonesia Spends $32 Billion on Education Through September
... education budget funded student assistance, teacher and lecturer salaries and allowances, free ... Flat Rp 6 Million Incentive for Free Meal Kitchens Suahasil said education spending ... combine funding from the state budget (APBN) with locally generated revenue ...Business Oct 9, 2026 | 3:44 pm
AGO Probes Alleged Fraud in $72 Million Free Meal Motorcycle Deal
... support President Prabowo Subianto’s free nutritious meal program, with only 2,117 ... in a project with a total budget of approximately Rp 1.2 trillion. Investigators ... concern a support component of the free nutritious meal program, a flagship initiative of ...News Oct 2, 2026 | 9:44 pm
Indonesia Ends Flat Rp 6 Million Incentive for Free Meal Kitchens
... incentive for kitchens under its free nutritious meal (MBG) program with a ... receive Rp 2,000 for every meal portion served, replacing the ... of an evaluation of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program ... : BPOM’s Rp 1.2 Trillion MBG Budget Request Cut to Rp 509 ...Business Oct 2, 2026 | 11:57 am
Big Spending, Limited Revenue: Economists Question Prabowo’s Economic Strategy
... has repeatedly promoted the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) ... Rich': Economists Question Universal Free Meal Program Lili Yan Ing, ... case now, amounts to budget waste and becomes a burden ... Fiscal Pressure Indonesia's state budget recorded a Rp 240.1 trillion ...Business Oct 2, 2026 | 8:05 am
Rp 10 Trillion Lost in Indonesia Free Meal Corruption Case, Prosecutors Say
... 't That Rich': Economists Question Universal Free Meal Program Prosecutors allege irregularities in ... from Indonesia's constitutionally mandated education budget in future state budgets. The ...News Sep 29, 2026 | 9:25 pm
Little Economic Progress, Tight Budgets Cloud Prabowo’s Second Year
... 't That Rich': Economists Question Universal Free Meal Program Fellow UGM economist Elan ... Village Cooperatives (KDKMP) and the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program. Elan ... about data availability but also budget flexibility. When new groups become ...Business Sep 29, 2026 | 3:36 pm
'Indonesia Isn't That Rich': Economists Question Universal Free Meal Program
... Payments Exceed Social Protection Budget Her calculation draws ... Fall Ill in Suspected Free Meal Food Poisoning in Central ... of free meal spending within Indonesia's broader education budget. She ... Top Court Bars Free Meals Program From Using Education BudgetNews Sep 27, 2026 | 11:22 pm
Indonesia Spends Almost $7.6 Billion on Free School Lunch
Jakarta. Indonesia’s free meal initiative has consumed at least ... almost $7.6 billion) in the state budget this year, according to the ... 13.6 billion) for BGN’s 2027 budget, with the money set to ... 12.9 billion). Read More: Indonesia's Budget Deficit at 0.93% GDPBusiness Sep 18, 2026 | 1:07 pm
No Major Change Expected Under New Finance Minister Suahasil
... provides institutional continuity for state budget management. The key challenge ahead ... insider’s understanding of the state budget, taxation, subsidies, and fiscal ... ’s overspending on Prabowo’s cost-heavy free meal program, which has caused countless ...Business Sep 14, 2026 | 6:06 pm
Purbaya Says MBG Spending Could Fall Below $11.3 Billion
... cut the 2027 budget for the Free Nutritious Meals program ... already reduced the planned budget for the program several ... Overhauling Indonesia’s $15 Billion Free Meal Program The ministry's regional officials ... space in the 2027 state budget. Read More: 567 ...Business Sep 4, 2026 | 9:45 am
Free Meal Program Gets Lion’s Share of BGN’s $13.6 Billion 2027 Budget
... 97% of the budget earmarked for the government’s free nutritious meal program, agency ... the 2026 free nutritious meal program more efficient, reducing its budget from the ... .6% from the initial 2026 budget plan. The free meal initiative, a flagship program of ...News Aug 28, 2026 | 5:09 pm
Jakarta Stocks Open Lower as Fiscal Concerns Add to Fed Uncertainty
... KIP Kuliah, in 2027. The budget is expected to support 966 ... higher than the Rp15.3 trillion budget projected for 2026. “This stimulus ... . “Central government spending through the Free Nutritious Meal Program, or MBG, of ...Business Aug 27, 2026 | 9:08 am
Nutrition Agency Chief Threatens Dismissal for MBG Program SOP Violations
... President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program ... tightened the regulation regarding meal consumption windows, where they ... undertaking aimed at providing free meals to more than ... mothers, with a 2026 budget of Rp 268 trillion. ...News Aug 24, 2026 | 3:10 pm
Indonesia’s 2027 Growth Target Too Optimistic, Economist Says
... allocation in the state budget generates a greater economic ... said the program’s sizable budget, which had already absorbed ... Education Budget, Including Free Meals Program “The state budget can ... required for the government’s free meal program, arguing that ...Business Aug 18, 2026 | 6:53 pm
Economists Urge Prabowo to Set Realistic Targets in 2027 Budget Address
... should also get bigger budget allocations in the years ... , particularly the cost-heavy free meal rollout. Indonesia initially earmarked ... year. Rather than the free meals, Bhima said the ... public collectively, including the free meal. Such spending cannot drive ...Business Aug 14, 2026 | 8:00 am
How Sudaryono Is Overhauling Indonesia’s $15 Billion Free Meal Program
... made strengthening governance of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program a top priority ... and expectant mothers, with a 2026 budget of Rp 268 trillion ($15 ... Nutrition Chief Permanently Closes 833 Free Meal Kitchens Sudaryono has since permanently ...News Aug 11, 2026 | 12:31 pm
Prabowo's Flagship Free Meals Program Faces New Financial Reality
... on the national education budget beginning in the 2028 ... drawn from the education budget. Economists say the ruling ... its members have established 866 free-meal kitchens nationwide, including 128 ... Court Bars Free Meals Program From Using Education Budget Some ...News Aug 7, 2026 | 8:15 am
Indonesia's Free Meals Program Overhaul Continues With 137 Dismissals
... 137 managers of school meal kitchens across several ... Read More: Indonesia's Free Meals Program Cost $5.6 Billion ... the officials responsible for meal preparation. "My commitment ... budget. Read More: Top Court Bars Free Meals Program From Using Education Budget ...News Aug 4, 2026 | 3:01 am
Indonesia's Free Meals Program Cost $5.6 Billion in H1
... items in the state budget, according to figures released ... of development, the state budget is being used to ... Chief Permanently Closes 833 Free Meal Kitchens According to Purbaya, ... programs, including the nationwide free meals initiative, social assistance, ...Business Aug 3, 2026 | 6:56 pm
Indonesia Must Find New Funding Source for Free Meals by 2028
... will decide how the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) ... the program under whatever budget ceiling is ultimately approved ... continuation of the flagship meal program. Instead, it ... is financed through a separate budget allocation. Finance Minister Purbaya ...Business Aug 3, 2026 | 10:46 am
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