MAGELANG (1 August 2021) - The Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia has not ended, the Ministry of Social Affairs through the Directorate General of Poverty Handling continues to accelerate the distribution of Social Assistance to the community so that Beneficiary Families (KPM) can be helped to reduce the burden of spending during the Covid-19 Pandemic. 19.

 

The team from the Directorate General of Poverty Handling (Ditjen PFM) was led by Asep Sasa Purnama, accompanied by the Secretary of the Directorate General of Poverty Handling Beni Sujanto, and the Director of Poverty Handling Region III, I Wayan Wirawan together with the Inspector General, Dadang Iskandar who was accompanied by the Inspector General Auditor Team of the Ministry of Social Affairs carried out monitoring of the progress of the distribution of the basic food program in Magelang Regency/City, Central Java Province (1/8).

 

The monitoring was carried out to follow up on community reports which stated that there was an alleged discrepancy in the distribution of the Basic Food Program in Magelang Regency. The monitoring activity begins with a meeting with the Head of the Regional Police (Kapolda) of Central Java Province, Ahmad Luthfi, the meeting was held to coordinate and consolidate the police escort in the distribution of the basic food program to comply with the 6 T principles, namely Right on time, Right on target, Right on quantity, Right on price, Right on quality, and Right on administration. At the meeting it was stated that "we have coordinated and penetrated the implementation of the distribution of social assistance in Central Java Province so that it can run smoothly", said the Central Java Police Chief.

 

Furthermore, monitoring was continued by meeting representatives of Bank BNI Magelang Branch, in the meeting to carry out an assessment related to the progress of the distribution of the Basic Food Program in Magelang Regency and Magelang City.

 

During the meeting, the Director General of PFM expressed his hope that the distribution of Social Assistance would run according to the 6T principles (Right on target, Right on time, Right in quantity, Right on price, Right on quality, and on right administration) as well as paying attention to the duties and functions of each working unit implementing the Social Assistance Program.

 

"I hope that each implementing officer of the Social Assistance program can carry out their duties and functions following applicable obligations and policies," said the Director General of PFM.

Based on information from Bank BNI as one of the banks distributing the basic food program, the number of KPM for the Basic Food Program in Magelang Regency in July, August, September amounted to 117,662 KPM with the progress of utilization of disbursement by KPM of 38.24% distributed by 330 E-Warong. Then the number of KPM for the Basic Food Program in Magelang City is 6,395 KPM with the progress of utilization of disbursement by KPM of 13.98% distributed by 9 E-Warong.

Through the monitoring carried out, it is hoped that the assistance from the Basic Food Program can be immediately utilized by KPM so that it can increase the acceleration of realization and the value of good benefits for KPM.

Present on the occasion, Head of the Central Java Province Social Service, Harso Susilo, Head of the PFM Division of the Central Java Provincial Social Service, Teguh Hadi Noegroho, Head of the BNI Magelang Branch Office, Muzakir, as well as several working unit representatives including, the Regional Coordinator, TKSK Coordinator of Magelang Regency, Staff as well as the BNI Working Unit as the Implementation of the Social Assistance Program.