Politics · Indonesia · 1 hr ago
Indonesia plans Rp508.2 trillion for social protection in 2026
President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s government is expanding social protection to help reduce poverty in Indonesia.
The 2026 budget sets aside Rp508.2 trillion for support including basic needs, education, health and community programs.
Much of the funding for basic needs goes to energy subsidies, while millions of households are also slated to receive family or food assistance.
Students, university students, health and employment insurance participants, and small-business borrowers are among the other groups covered.
The proposed 2027 budget lists Rp549.9 trillion for social protection, but those figures are plans, not confirmed spending already delivered.
The government is preparing a digital portal where people can apply for some aid programs using a digital identity.
The planned portal is intended to make aid applications easier, while the government says it is also working to target assistance more accurately.
Indonesia has allocated Rp508.2 trillion for social protection in its 2026 state budget.
The planned spending is divided among basic needs, education, health services and community empowerment.
The largest allocation is Rp315.5 trillion for basic needs, including energy subsidies.
The government says social protection is intended to protect purchasing power and support poor and vulnerable people.
The article says the figure is a budget plan and should not be confused with spending already delivered.
- Who
- Indonesia’s government, under President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
- What
- It plans Rp508.2 trillion for social protection in 2026.
- When
- 2026.
- Where
- Indonesia.
- Why
- To protect purchasing power, reduce poor families’ expenses and strengthen the welfare and economic capacity of vulnerable groups.
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- Total planned budget
- Rp508.2 trillion for 2026
- Basic needs allocation
- Rp315.5 trillion
- Education services allocation
- Rp37.5 trillion
- Health services allocation
- Rp69 trillion
- Community empowerment allocation
- Rp86.2 trillion
What people are saying
The social protection budget is an important instrument to protect people from social risks, maintain purchasing power, and improve the economic capacity of poor and vulnerable people to help reduce poverty, including extreme poverty.