President and Minister of Social Affairs Review the Distribution of the Basic Food Program in Sintang District

SINTANG REGENCY (December 8, 2021) - The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, accompanied by the Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini, made a working visit to Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan Province. The visit was carried out to review the distribution of social assistance distributed by the Ministry of Social Affairs which was symbolically carried out at the Denkesyah Sintang Building, West Kalimantan.

On that occasion, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, accompanied by the Minister of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Tri Rismaharini, saw firsthand the assistance provided in Sintang Regency, one of which was the BPNT/Sembako Program. The assistance was given symbolically to two recipients of the Basic Food Program in Sintang Regency with nominal assistance of Rp. 200 thousand/KPM/month.

After the event with the President of the Republic of Indonesia, the Minister of Social Affairs continued his visit to the Sintang District Office to directly observe the provision of assistance for the Basic Food Program/BPNT and PKH.

The Minister of Social Affairs said that the data on beneficiaries owned by the Ministry of Social Affairs is dynamic. "The data is dynamic, for example, someone dies, moves, then there is a disaster, someone who was rich and then was hit by a disaster can fall into poverty, then the poor can also become rich, so it must be updated continuously," said the Minister of Social Affairs.

The Minister of Social Affairs also said that the Ministry of Social Affairs cannot update the data itself, so primary data is needed from the regions. "Our data is secondary data because we are only comparing it, but from the regions, it is hoped that the data will be primary so that he knows exactly," explained the Minister of Social Affairs.

For Sintang Regency, data on the number of KPM on July, August, September were 26,472 KPM with details of 24,851 KPM transactions and 1,621 KPM not yet making transactions. Data for the October channel period is 26,575 KPM with details of 23,243 transactions and 3,332 KPM not yet making transactions.