Indonesia's free meals programme gets US$10.36bil budget this year: finance minister

Students return empty food trays on Feb 18, 2025, after consuming food distributed through the government’s free nutritious meal programme at SDN Banjarsari 5 state elementary school in Serang, Banten. - Photo: Antara

JAKARTA: President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free nutritious meal programme is to receive Rp 171 trillion (US$10.36 billion) this year, according to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in her Instagram post on Thursday (March 20).

That confirmed a Rp 100 trillion increase of the total budget earmarked for the programme this year from previously Rp 71 trillion.