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Indonesia’s Economic Council Gives Prabowo Seven Recommendations
Indonesia’s National Economic Council presented President Prabowo with seven economic recommendations at a meeting in Jakarta on October 20.
One proposal is a digital system for social assistance, which the council says could make aid more transparent and better targeted.
The system has been tested across all 514 districts and cities, with 11.5 million households registered, and is due to launch on November 10.
The council’s review of the free nutritious meals program found that recipients missed school less often and were more eager to learn.
But the meals program reaches more urban and wealthier students, so the council says poorer and rural communities should get more attention.
To prepare for El Niño and La Niña, it recommended planning food stocks and planting schedules, as well as preparing pumps for areas at risk of drought.
The meeting also covered industrial processing, energy security and forest and land fires, but the council’s next stated step is the social assistance system’s launch on November 10.
Indonesia’s National Economic Council presented President Prabowo Subianto with seven recommendations and studies on the economy.
The recommendations were discussed at a meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on October 20, 2026.
They included digitalizing social protection, assessing the free nutritious meals program, preparing for El Niño and La Niña, and developing downstream industries.
The council said the digital social-protection system had been tested across all 514 districts and cities and had registered 11.5 million households.
It recommended better targeting of meal recipients and preparations for possible effects of weather patterns on food supplies.
- Who
- The National Economic Council, chaired by Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, presented the recommendations to President Prabowo Subianto.
- What
- The council presented seven recommendations and studies on Indonesia’s economy.
- When
- October 20, 2026.
- Where
- Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Why
- To address economic developments and strengthen the national economy.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Prabowo met the National Economic Council, economic ministers and the governor of Bank Indonesia at Merdeka Palace.
The council presented its recommendations and studies at the meeting.
The digital social-protection program had been tested in all 514 districts and cities.
The digital social-protection portal was scheduled to be launched by the president.
- Recommendations
- Seven
- Meeting location
- Merdeka Palace, Jakarta
- Digital social-protection trials
- All 514 districts and cities
- Households registered in the system
- 11.5 million
- Social-protection agents
- 775,000
- Meal-program student feedback
- 95% said good-quality meals made them more enthusiastic in learning
What people are saying
The social-protection program, which will be rolled out or launched by the President on November 10, will bring fairness to the people.
Food availability and the possibility of flooding mean there must be contingency plans for things beyond our control, because they are natural events but can be predicted.
Students who receive the free nutritious meals program are less likely to be absent than those who do not receive it.
95% of students receiving the program said they felt more enthusiastic when they received good-quality meals.