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"Kartu Prakerja" can be accessed next week

03 April 2020 10:28

JAKARTA - The public can access and apply for pre-work card program (Kartu Prakerja) through www.prakerja.go.id starting next week. The program was prepared for formal and informal workers who lost their jobs due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto said that in accordance with President Jokowi's direction, the recipients of the program were extended to the people directly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. "The government has prepared a budget of Rp 20 trillion for this [program]. We hope that this program can help increase the purchasing power of workers and micro and small businesses that have their income affected and lost their living," he was quoted as saying on the Setkab.go.id yesterday (2/4).

The acceleration of the implementation and adjustment of the PKP is one of the applications of Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 4 of 2020. In addition, the goal of this program is to provide social protection and overcome the negative impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the national economy.

The Work Card Program will target around 5.6 million participants in 2020, with the incentives for each recipient (in the form of cash and work training) reaches Rp 3,550,000. (LK/AR)

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