Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia
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The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) removed the channel requirements for disbursing transfers to regions (
TKD
) worth IDR 43.8 trillion for disaster-affected areas
Sumatra
.
Deputy Minister of Finance (Wamenkeu) Suahasil Nazara said the amount of TKD 2026 which was free from channel conditions reached IDR 43.8 trillion.These funds can be transferred directly to regions in Aceh, North Sumatra (North Sumatra), and West Sumatra (Sumbar).
“All the 2025 TKD has been transferred, in 2026 we will carry out the transfer without distribution conditions. Because we understand that our friends in the regional government need fast action, available funds, and don’t be constrained only by distribution administration,” he explained at our APBN Press Conference at the Ministry of Finance, Central Jakarta, Thursday (18/12).
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“The total TKD that will be distributed unconditionally in 2026 is IDR 43.8 trillion,” detailed Suahasil.
Based on the realization of the APBN as of November 30 2025, the state has spent IDR 2,911.8 trillion.This amount is equivalent to 82.5 percent of the budget ceiling of IDR 3,527.5 trillion available this year.
Specifically for transfers to regions that have been distributed, it reaches IDR 795.6 trillion, aka 92.1 percent of the 2025 ceiling. Meanwhile, the remainder is state spending for the central government worth IDR 2,116.2 trillion or 79.5 percent.
This relief in the form of eliminating the TKD channel requirement is not the first time this has been announced.Deputy Minister of Finance Suahasil conveyed this to the public on Tuesday (16/12), after attending the Government Strategic Program Acceleration Task Force (P2SP) Coordination Meeting.
“We will simplify and practically make the channel requirements more automatic. Of course, this will at least be for the emergency response stage, later we will look at the next situation,” he explained at the time at the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, Central Jakarta.
At that time, Suahasil also said that the Ministry of Finance was identifying the costs of repairing infrastructure affected by the disaster.He emphasized that the redevelopment would be carried out with funds from the 2026 APBN.
“Of course we are preparing a budget for 2026, the Minister of Finance (Purbaya) has also said that we will prepare the budget. We are looking for all existing budgets, some in the Ministry of Public Works, Ministry of Transportation, some for infrastructure development, and others,” said Suahasil.
“Of course we will discuss it afterwards, even though we are still in the emergency response stage, we are starting to identify what infrastructure we need to build,” he added.
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