Politics · Indonesia · 10 hrs ago
Indonesia plans digital social aid portal and cash transfers
Indonesia plans to launch a digital social assistance portal on 10 November 2026, with President Prabowo Subianto set to introduce it.
The system is intended to identify people eligible for government aid and replace product subsidies with cash transfers.
Trials have reached all 514 districts and cities, and 11.5 million households are registered.
A pilot in Bali found that digitalisation could reduce errors that leave eligible people without aid or give aid to those who do not qualify.
Officials say the system should make aid more transparent and better targeted.
The government aims to finish combining and updating recipient data by the end of 2026, then test the new payment system in early 2027; the number of recipients and the rollout depend on the data and system’s readiness.
Indonesia plans to launch a digital social protection portal on 10 November 2026, with President Prabowo Subianto scheduled to introduce it.
The proposed system would provide eligible people with cash transfers instead of subsidies delivered through products.
Officials say the portal is intended to improve recipient data and make aid more transparent and accurately targeted.
Trials have reached all 514 regencies and cities, with 11.5 million households registered and 775,000 registration agents.
A Bali pilot was reported to reduce exclusion errors by 24.1% and inclusion errors by 4.1%.
- Who
- President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to launch the program; eligible people are intended to receive aid.
- What
- Indonesia plans a digital social protection portal and cash transfers in place of product subsidies.
- When
- The launch is scheduled for 10 November 2026.
- Where
- Indonesia; trials have covered all 514 regencies and cities.
- Why
- Officials say the system aims to improve aid data, fairness, transparency and targeting.
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Officials reported that the pilot reduced exclusion errors by 24.1% and inclusion errors by 4.1%.
Luhut told a government meeting that the portal was planned for launch on 10 November.
President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to launch the digital social protection program.
- Planned launch
- 10 November 2026
- Trial coverage
- 514 regencies and cities
- Registered households
- 11.5 million
- Registration agents
- 775,000
- Daily portal registrations
- More than 600,000
- Bali pilot results
- Exclusion errors down 24.1%; inclusion errors down 4.1%
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Jadi, pemerintah pada ujungnya tidak memberikan subsidi kepada produk lagi
exclusion error itu bisa turun sebesar 24,1 persen dan inclusion error juga bisa turun 4,1 persen