Day: September 7, 2021

President aims to realize vaccination goal by year end

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said he expects to see 70 percent of the population in each province vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2021 to meet the goal of achieving herd immunity. In a written statement received from the Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat here on Tuesday,

72% of debtors with restructured credit are MSMEs: OJK

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make up 72 percent of debtors whose credit has been restructured in July this year, according to the Financial Services Authority (OJK). “In July 2021, the outstanding restructured credit dropped to around Rp779 trillion, with 5 million debtors, and 72 percent of them are

Govt sets unhusked rice production target at 55 million tons

The Agriculture Ministry has raised the target for national dry unhusked rice production for 2022 to 55.20 million tons from 54.65 million tons in 2020, a senior official has informed. “The target of our main commodity production is 55.20 million tons for (dry unhusked) rice, 20 million tons for corn,

Govt lauds religious groups for active role in COVID-19 handling

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) has lauded religious groups in the community for playing an active role and taking part in handling the COVID-19 pandemic in Yogyakarta. The KSP said that their active role was directly monitored by its monitoring and evaluation team which held face-to-face meetings and discussions with

Indonesia’s forex reserves swells to US$144.8 billion in August

Indonesia’s foreign exchange reserves swelled to US$144.8 billion at the end of August 2021 from US$137.3 billion the previous month, Bank Indonesia (BI) has reported. “The position of foreign exchange reserves is equivalent to financing 9.1 months of imports or 8.7 months of imports and servicing the government’s foreign debt,