Indonesia trims meals programme: what next?


In regions with high malnutrition rates, meals will remain available on Saturdays, when many Indonesian schools are open. - Antara

JAKARTA: Indonesia will make cuts to its free school meals programme from Tuesday as it seeks to set aside billions of dollars to counteract budget pressures brought on by the Middle East war and soaring oil prices.

The programme, which feeds an estimated 60 million children and pregnant and breastfeeding women at a cost of nearly a tenth of the annual budget, is President Prabowo Subianto's signature project.

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