In 2016, the budget for poverty alleviation reached Rp 214.4 trillion, a 24.4 percent increase from the 2015 realization. Services for basic needs still received the largest portion, namely 59.2 percent, followed by community empowerment at 24 percent.
Operational assistance for schools, community health insurance, and food subsidies (poor people's rice) constituted one of the largest budget items under basic needs services, exceeding Rp 100 trillion.
In the 2016 State Budget, the allocation for basic needs services decreased by 2.38 percent. Meanwhile, the allocation for community empowerment increased by 120 percent, and support for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) even surged by 375 percent from the 2015 realization. Similarly, pro-people programs also increased by 38.75 percent.
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