Jakarta (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said the government has allocated funding to rebuild disaster-affected areas in Sumatra.“In addition, to utilize the 2026 state budget for rebuilding disaster-affected areas, the estimated funding requirement is around Rp51 trillion, although earlier estimates suggested it could reach nearly Rp60 trillion,” Purbaya said during a coordination meeting of the Post-Disaster Recovery Task Force with ministries, agencies, and affected regional leaders, as followed online in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He added that funds have already been allocated through budget reallocation, while the government will later assess how the disbursement will be distributed across ministries, agencies, and other state institutions.
He said he would wait for input from the task force or the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) in accordance with the president’s directives.
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“In principle, if there is a task force or BNPB acting under the president’s directive, we are ready. Funds for Aceh and other disaster-affected areas have been prepared and will not be reallocated,” he said.
Purbaya also emphasized that funding for disaster response, including post-disaster recovery efforts in Sumatra, is sufficient and does not require reallocating the budget for the Free Nutritious Meal Program (MBG).
He noted that the government has prepared a total disaster response budget of Rp60 trillion.
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According to him, the actual funding needs currently proposed for post-flood recovery in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra amount to around Rp51 trillion.
With the available budget, Purbaya stressed that the government remains committed to implementing the MBG program as planned.
He added that there is no policy to disrupt or shift the MBG budget, as disaster financing needs have already been accommodated within existing budget allocations.