SRAGEN DISTRICT (August 20, 2021) – Social Assistance for the Basic Food Program managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs continues to be pursued so that it can be distributed and utilized optimally by Beneficiary Families (KPM). This effort is in line with the activities carried out directly by the Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini by leading a meeting to reconcile the social assistance data owned by social assistance assistants in the regions with BNI as one of the Himbara banks which distributes social assistance in a non-cash manner in Sragen Regency. (20/08)

 

The Minister of Social Affairs conducts the reconciliation to ensure that the data on disbursement by KPM can be carried out completely and checks the problems experienced if there are obstacles in the disbursement. "So when I arrived, there was data that there was (social assistance) that had not been disbursed, then we checked what the problem was, even though we had orders to pay, we solved what the problem was, don't let it not be accepted even though we already have an order to pay,” said the Minister of Social Affairs when met at the reconciliation location in Sragen Regency.

 

With this reconciliation, the Minister of Social Affairs managed to find the existing problems and find solutions quickly and decisively to ensure that KPM can receive their rights in full. In the reconciliation, data is matched between data in the regions and data owned by BNI, including blocked data. Knowing that there was a block of assistance for KPM, the Minister of Social Affairs immediately contacted the central BNI to unblock it. "There are various problems, so there are (social assistance) which have not been disbursed for 2 months and continue to be blocked and I have to unblock them like that, thank God it can be finished, hopefully this week and next week it will be clear," explained the Minister of Social Affairs.

 

On that occasion, the Director General of Poverty Handling, Asep Sasa Purnama said that the reconciliation between social services and himbara in each region which was carried out every month was hold seriously. "To Himbara, please take the reconciliation that every month is carried out seriously because it mainly affects the disbursement and utilization process, because the reconciliation carried out by each himbara every month is considered not optimal, especially BNI because it is the most (amount of KPM managed)," said the Director General PFM to BNI bank as Himbara which distributes aid in Sragen Regency.

 
The Director General of PFM also conveyed that the results of the monthly reconciliation could be submitted to each directorate within the Directorate General of PFM so that distribution would be more accountable and problem solving could be carried out more effectively and efficiently. "Please report to each directorate (within the scope of the Directorate General of PFM), reconciliations carried out together with social services, assistants, both PKH and BPNT, God willing, if reconciliation is maximum, including cases of zero balances, undisbursed KKS can also be resolved," said the Director General of PFM continued.

Based on the update dated August 18, 2021, for the distribution of the Basic Food Program in Sragen Regency, from 58,136 KPM in stage 7, 53,185 KPM (91.48%) have been disbursed, in stage 8, 53,045 KPM (91.24%) have been disbursed. stage 9 has been disbursed by 46,043 KPM (79.20%).

Present at the event were members of Commission VIII DPR-RI, Endang Maria Astuti, and Paryono, Director General of Poverty Handling, Asep Sasa Purnama, Director General of Social Protection and Security, Pepen Nazaruddin, Director General of Social Rehabilitation, Harry Hikmat, Special Staff to the Minister of Social Affairs, Don Rozano Sigit, Suhadi Lili, and Faozan Amar, Secretary of the Directorate General of PFM, Beni Sujanto, Director of PFM Region II, I Wayan Wirawan, Representative of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Kombes Pol. Eka Mulyana, Sragen Police Chief, AKBP. Yuswanto Ardi, and the Assistants of the Food Social Assistance Program in Sragen Regency.