Jakarta, Oct. 20 -- Around 77,000 poor families have graduated from social assistance programs and become self-reliant during the first year of President Prabowo Subianto's administration, Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf said on Monday.

The families were former recipients of government aid under the Family Hope Program (PKH), he said.

"This year, more than 77,000 beneficiary families have graduated, meaning they will no longer receive social assistance in the coming years," Yusuf told reporters in Jakarta.

For next year, the ministry aims to help more than 300,000 PKH beneficiaries become economically independent and no longer dependent on government aid.

"The President wants beneficiaries to level up - not only to receive ass...