Jakarta, June 23 -- The Ministry of Manpower is treading with caution to ensure the accurate disbursement of wage subsidy assistance (BSU).

"We want to be careful to ensure it is received by those who meet the requirements or are eligible to receive it," an expert staff member to the Minister of Manpower, Aris Wahyudi, said in Jakarta on Monday.

The assistance, amounting to Rp300 thousand (around US$18.28) per month, will be disbursed at once for June and July 2025. Thus, each beneficiary will receive Rp600 thousand.

The program, which is targeting 17.3 million workers and contract-based teachers, earlier experienced delays in the completion of data validation. However, now, the process has been wrapped up and entered the finalization ...