The Ministry of Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Central Statistics Agency, prioritizes social aid quotas for 4.2 million new beneficiary families, including single elderly. This step follows the verification of 18.7 million families, revealing ineligible recipients. The quota is redirected to vulnerable groups such as disabled individuals and families in unfit housing.
At a press conference in Jakarta on Friday night, BPS Head Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti announced that the Ministry of Social Affairs and BPS have verified and updated data for 18.7 million social aid beneficiary families nationwide. The verification found 4.2 million families ineligible for aid, as some have steady jobs and incomes.
"We will redirect this to vulnerable groups such as single elderly, single disabled individuals, and poor families living in unfit housing," said Amalia, accompanied by Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf.
This initiative aims to improve the accuracy of social aid distribution, addressing inclusion errors where previous recipients no longer qualify as poor or vulnerable. Replacement data from exclusion errors—eligible groups not yet registered—will be included after re-verification to ensure validity.
BPS and the Ministry of Social Affairs agreed on new priority criteria for replacement recipients, including households with 450–900 watt electricity capacity, family heads who are unemployed or have irregular incomes, and families in unfit housing. Unfit housing criteria include four aspects, such as dirt floors and improper roofs, average floor area below 7.2 square meters per capita, and lack of proper sanitation.
"The key here is that more accurate data updates are expected to support the Ministry of Social Affairs in distributing social aid more precisely, transparently, and fairly to those who truly need it," added Amalia.