Jakarta to extend help to three million more small businesses

JAKARTA: The government is seeking to expand its business assistance programme to around three million more small businesses affected by the Covid-19 outbreak by reallocating funds from other programmes within the government’s stimulus plan.

Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Teten Masduki said that the ministry planned to increase the initial target of 12 million micro and small businesses to 15 million by mid-December.