Jakarta, Sept. 26 -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) shed light on the government's disbursal of social safety net cluster funds of Rp293 trillion to lower the financial burden of low-income households amid the ongoing novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Realization of this part of the National Economic Recovery (PEN) Program is expected to reduce the economic burden of low-income households, he told participants of the Indonesian Muslim Brotherhood's (Parmusi's) 4th congress here on Saturday.

Speaking at the event's opening session held via videoconference from Bogor, West Java Province, President Jokowi affirmed that the disbursement of social safety net cluster funds was expected to boost the people's economic productivity ...