In 2017, the government allocated Rp 60 trillion for Village Funds. On average, each village would receive Rp 800.4 million. This figure is an increase from the previous year, which was only Rp 46.98 trillion, or an average of Rp 643.6 million per village. Java will receive Rp 18.6 trillion in village funds, to be distributed among 22,000 villages in the region. This is followed by Sumatra, which will receive Rp 18 trillion for 23,000 villages.
Furthermore, the government will soon issue technical regulations regarding the utilization of village funds. This step is taken to ensure that the use of village funds generates maximum fiscal stimulus. Going forward, the Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration (Mendes PDTT), Eko Putro Sandjojo, mandates that villages display billboards showing the realization of village fund usage.
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