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Govt seeks to boost state budget efficiency
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Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati greets House of Representatives members before a working meeting with House Commission XI in Jakarta on Sept. 29. (Antara Photo/Puspa Perwitasari)
P
resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo discussed during a limited Cabinet meeting on government coordination to improve the quality of government spending after recent budget cuts.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said meeting participants discussed changes in capital expenditure, which was expected to continue rising, especially in infrastructure spending.
Topics included how to handle unproductive expenditure, such as work travel expenses for government officials, as well as how to urge ministers to study the comparative proportion between personnel expenditure and capital expenditure, she added.
"So that it is truly tailored to government priorities to speed up the acceleration of infrastructure development, development expenditure, especially for economically disadvantaged groups," Sri Mulyani told reporters at the Presidential Office on Friday.
She further noted that the meeting had also discussed in detail education and health budgets, which by law at least 20 percent and 5 percent, respectively, should be spent. "The question is not the amount of the budget, but how we manage a larger budget," she said.
The government wants the education budget to improve education quality, as well as to assist students who could not otherwise afford a good education, Sri Mulyani explained. (ags)
