The President of Indonesia Joko Widodo launches healthy card to keep purchasing power

The President of Indonesia Joko Widodo launches healthy card to keep purchasing power

About 15 million poor families will get grants from the Government through three cards

President of Joko Widodo unveiled the prosperous Family Cards, cards, and IndonesiaIndonesia Smart Cards as an attempt to anticipate the impact of rising fuel prices onthe poor, on the Central Post Office new market Monday (3/11) morning.

According to the Jokowi Division of three types of these cards to improve services to the community.

"To access to education, access to health care, Yes to keep purchasing power and toprovide health services and education," explained Jokowi.

"This is a form of service was extended (from BPJS), this first step like it used to be in Jakarta, grasp it at first, then the second step will we solve the service in hospitals-hospitals," added Jokowi.

The Government plans to raise subsidized fuel prices that suck up the State budgetRp363,5 trillion in budget income and Expenditure the country Changes-REVISED P-2014.

However, the President was reluctant to mention Jokowi when the fuel price hike will be done.

The umbrella law

In the first stage, the prosperous family of Cards will be distributed to 1 millionfamilies, Indonesia Card smart to 160,000 children of school age, and HealthyIndonesia Card will be distributed to approximately 4.5 million individuals spread over19 counties/cities in 9 provinces in Indonesia.

The one 

that is accepts new Market resident Rusdi accept Card Cards and ProsperousIndonesia Indonesia well in Central Post Office on Monday (3/11) this.

"So thank God for me subsidies like this who can fund, confused even when FUEL goes up because of rising prices for sure, yes I do not know how but can ya dicukup-cukupinlah" obviously doesn't have that everyday Admin work anyway.

Public policy observer Agus Pambagyo said policies issued by the President of Jokowiis useful for the community but needs a legal umbrella, so that was problematic in no.

"For me if that's my support for Community policies, ACTS that did not exist in thenomenlakturnya in the BPJS STATE BUDGET there is no such thing as KIS, KIP is also nonomenlakturnya in the STATE BUDGET so should be made, therefore the use of STATE BUDGET funds and could be problematic," explained Agus.

The Government is targeting the prosperous card recipients reached a total of 15.5 million poor families with a budget of Rp 6,44 trillion.

The number of poor population in Indonesia according to BPS data in March 2014 and then reached 28.28 million. (BBC)