Jakarta, Nov. 7 -- The Ministry of Social Affairs, in collaboration with Statistics Indonesia (BPS), is prioritizing social assistance quotas for 4.2 million new beneficiaries, comprising older adults living alone, people with disabilities, and families living in uninhabitable homes.

In a press conference here on Friday evening, Head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, stated that this step is a follow-up to the verification and updating of new data on 18.7 million social assistance beneficiary families conducted by BPS and the ministry.

From the results of the verification, BPS found that 4.2 million beneficiaries were deemed ineligible to receive social assistance because some already had stable jobs and incom...