Jokowi to Deliver 3 Covid-19 Assistance Packages Today
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4 January 2021 12:31 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko Widodo or Jokowi will lead the hand-over ceremony of the Covid-19 social assistance program for 2021. The event takes place today at the State Palace in Jakarta.
The social assistance distribution will be carried out offline and online, starting at 14:00, Jakarta time.
There are three types of social assistance that will be handed over: the Family Hope Program (Program Keluarga Harapan/PKH), the Staple Food (Sembako) Program, and the Cash Social Assistance (BST).
The PKH is for 10 million families. The assistance will be distributed by four national banks through savings accounts, paid in four stages over the course of one year; January, April, July and October.
The staple food program is targeting 18.8 million families, also distributed by state-owned banks through the Prosperous Family Card (KKS) program. Eligible families will receive Rp200,000 every month of this year.
The cash assistance is worth Rp300,000 per month, paid every month from January to April 2021. The cash assistance is given to 10 million families by the Indonesian Post Service, PT POS.
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