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National Economic Council Pushes MBG Efficiency
... MBG. "Measures to improve spending efficiency should also cover the ... More: Govt Suspends 1,700 Free Meal Kitchens Over Quality Breaches In ... trillion in 2026. The rollout of MBG has accelerated that ... Read More: Prabowo Cuts Free Meal Budget by $3.77 BillionBusiness Jun 10, 2026 | 11:28 am
Indonesia Keeps $19.8 Billion Meal Program Untouched in Budget Austerity
... out of its multibillion-dollar free meal budget, according to a ... billion) earmarked for the free meal program will be untouched. “ ... ways. We can target spending related to services, ... Indonesia “could make the free meal spending more efficient”, while praising ...Business Mar 16, 2026 | 10:00 pm
Indonesia’s Budget Deficit to Near 4% of GDP if Oil Prices Top $100
... among others, by focusing spending on sectors that are closely ... for the cost-heavy free meal rollout to keep the deficit ... perhaps we can cut the free meal budget,” Purbaya told reporters ... is also open to postponing spending on infrastructure projects. Read ...Business Mar 9, 2026 | 9:17 am
Fitch Downgrade Won't Stop Indonesia's $19.8 Billion Free Meal Program
... stopping its multibillion-dollar free meal rollout despite Fitch’s concern that ... we shall continue its rollout,” Airlangga told reporters in ... to higher social spending, including the free meal whose price tag ... 19.8 billion) to the free meal program. As of Feb. ...Business Mar 5, 2026 | 7:13 pm
Indonesia’s Q1 GDP to Grow 5.5% Thanks to $48 Billion Govt Spending
... thanks to the massive government spending, according to think-tank ... airfare discounts meant to spur spending during the holiday season. ... household consumption and state spending as the key driving ... money designated for the free meal rollout stands at Rp 62 ...Business Feb 18, 2026 | 7:06 am
JCI Passes 9,150 Mark, Defying Global Trade Pressures
... the fiscal front, the government’s Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program is targeted ... May. Backed by an accelerated rollout of nutrition service units (SPPG ... , however, that the scale of spending requires strong governance to prevent ...Business Jan 20, 2026 | 9:51 am
Free Meals Built Prabowo’s Brand, Now They Test His Leadership
... ) Indonesia, said the free meal initiative has boosted job ... half of total education spending. Eliza warned that ... Free Nutritious Meals Program as Major Success Prabowo has framed the rollout ... said. But politically, the free meal program is unavoidable. It ...News Jan 9, 2026 | 8:17 am
Danantara, Tariffs, Purbaya: Indonesia’s Economic Surprises of 2025
... free meal rollout, as the program’s spending remains sluggish. As of Dec. 15, the meal rollout ...Business Dec 31, 2025 | 12:41 pm
Free Meal Rollout: Danantara to Feed Poultry Farmers $1.2 Billion
... agency responsible for the meal rollout. The appetite for more ... President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meal program aimed at improving ... that Danantara was mulling spending Rp 20 trillion to ... is in charge of the meal rollout, confirmed the amount. However ...Business Nov 17, 2025 | 9:42 pm
Businesses Upbeat Indonesia’s Growth to Exceed 5.03% This Year
... . In terms of public spending, there are indeed budget ... rural cooperatives program and the free meal rollout," Anindya told the press. ... special attention to the free meal program. As of early ... every $1 spent on the free meal drive could generate between $5 ...Business Oct 22, 2025 | 7:25 am
Indonesia Delays Full Free Meal Target to February 2026
... preparing the lunches. The free meal program took center stage in ... Prabowo has claimed that the free meal rollout still had a 99.99 ... why he insisted on the meal rollout. According to Prabowo, the ... over the program’s sluggish spending. As of early October ...News Oct 21, 2025 | 10:52 am
From Free Meals to UN Debut: Prabowo Marks First Year in Office
... to put the budget-heavy free meal program in motion. Prabowo, ... Photo/Irfan Sumanjaya) The free meal rollout was at the center of ... budget for this nationwide rollout for 2025 alone, although ... concerns over the sluggish spending. The program has, unfortunately ...News Oct 20, 2025 | 1:45 pm
Gov't to Cover Medical Bills of Thousands Who Fall Sick from Free Meals
... President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meal program. The National Nutrition ... me to expedite [the rollout]. Many kids and parents ... can see whether the meal rollout really does wonders for ... to other programs if the spending remained sluggish. The Prabowo ...News Oct 2, 2025 | 2:57 pm
Indonesia Warns G20 of $4 Trillion SDG Financing Gap
... currently implementing a budget-heavy free school meal rollout, which the government has said ... fact that the global military spending had reached $2.7 trillion last year ...Business Sep 26, 2025 | 9:14 am
Indonesia Mulls Reallocating Unspent Free Meal Program Money
... for the budget-heavy free meal rollout, a proposal backed by ... million) for this nationwide meal rollout. This is a tiny portion ... spending. BGN is the agency responsible for overseeing the meal rollout ... . Read More: Indonesia’s Free Meal Agency Gets $16.3b ...Business Sep 20, 2025 | 8:22 pm
Gov't Spends $43 Million on Prabowo's Free Meal Program So Far
... million to roll out free meals to millions of ... The figures encompass the public spending for President Prabowo Subianto's ... even claimed that the meal rollout could slash poverty rate ... the jobs that the nationwide meal rollout might create. Jakartan students ...Business Mar 13, 2025 | 2:36 pm
Ex-President to Join Upcoming Regional Heads' Retreat
... food security, the free school meal rollout, as well as regional spending management. Bima ...News Feb 17, 2025 | 7:23 am
Halving BMKG’s Budget Could Derail Food Self-Sufficiency, Expert Says
... instructed his government to slash spending by Rp 306.7 trillion (about ... social programs, particularly his signature free school meal rollout. Almost all ministries and ... had agreed to cut BMKG's spending by half. BMKG originally got ...News Feb 11, 2025 | 2:23 pm
$3.1 Billion Worth of Free Meals Might Go to Rich Kids: Think-Tank
... worth of state spending meant for the free meal program might go ... his government to cut spending by Rp 306.7 trillion ... 117.9 trillion annually for the free meal rollout, according to the report. ... the government wishes to cut spending, they have to allocate ...Business Feb 11, 2025 | 11:04 am
Prabowo’s Free Meal Program Should Focus on Regions with High Stunting Rate
... that President Prabowo Subianto’s signature free meal program should have prioritized regions ... mainly get reallocated to Prabowo’s free meal program. Public policy expert Agus ... 71 trillion in state spending for the free meal rollout this year. Finance Minister ...News Feb 10, 2025 | 11:14 am
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