Jakarta, June 17 -- Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Minister Maman Abdurrahman has announced the government's plan to issue a ministerial regulation classifying online taxi drivers as MSME actors, as a follow-up to ongoing discussions.

"We are currently coordinating with relevant ministries to formulate a derivative provision in the form of a ministerial regulation," he said at a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday.

He informed that the regulation will refer to several existing legal frameworks, particularly the MSME Law and Government Regulation No. 7 of 2021 concerning the facilitation, protection, and empowerment of cooperatives and MSMEs.

The minister emphasized the need to incorporate insights from key institutions...