MoSA Data Governance Receives Appreciation from KPK

JAKARTA (22 June 2024) – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has praised the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) for its success in data governance, citing a considerable increase in the number of Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS) that matches the Population Identification Number (NIK). According to a presentation by Pahala Nainggolan, Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring at KPK, the DTKS matching the NIK was only 44 percent in 2019, but this figure rose to 98 percent in 2023.

“By May 2024, the DTKS matching NIK increased further to 98.9 percent,” said Agus Zainal Arifin, Head of the Information and Data Center on Social Welfare at the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), during a press conference at the Social Welfare Command Center in Jakarta on Friday (21/6). He addressed recent claims suggesting that 46 percent of social aid recipient data was incorrectly assigned.

The 98.9 percent of DTKS that match the NIK includes 137,369,028 individuals from the Population and Civil Registration Office, 125,151,985 social aid recipients including those receiving Social Security Body for Health (BPJS Kesehatan), and 71,932,167 instances of duplicate, deceased, or mismatched data. “Therefore, MoSA emphasizes that the data of social aid recipients (beneficiaries) sourced from the DTKS managed by MoSA is accurate,” Agus Zainal said. He noted that the DTKS had gone through a proposal and data updating process by local governments, which involved tiered verification from neighborhood units (RT), community units (RW), and subsequently in village/urban deliberation forums. The final approval was then made by local heads. The DTKS also underwent layered checks in the data matching process with data from other Ministries/Agencies.

Agus Zainal explained that the MoSA DTKS governance is mandated by Law No. 13 of 2011 on Handling of the Poor. DTKS is also used to provide integrated data on social aid recipients to other ministries/agencies. "Since April 2021, the MoSA has been updating data every month," Agus Zainal stated. In the process of improving DTKS and social aid management, MoSA has involved other ministries and agencies such as the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency, KPK, Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), the Attorney General's Office, the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Health, and the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction. "Regarding claims from officials of other agencies receiving social aid, the Ministry has checked and found no data of these officials among the MoSA beneficiaries," Agus Zainal reported.