- Photo: Ministry of Social Affairs file
JAKARTA: (Bernama-ANTARA) Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf (pic) stated that the government is pursuing to achieve the target of zero per cent extreme poverty rate in two years, reported Antara news agency.
"We are striving to reduce the extreme poverty rate to zero per cent from the current rate of 0.83 per cent," Yusuf noted in a press conference with Population and Family Planning Minister Wihaji in Jakarta on Tuesday (Nov 5).
