As reported before, Jakarta Provincial Government will use 2014 budget cap to run programs in 2015. One of the programs in 2015 is the dynamic performance allowance (TKD) that should be adjusted so its value dropped to Rp 8,000 from Rp 9,000 per point.    

Although, the total of the allowance is Rp 19 trillion, we might be able to not use all of it

Jakarta Finance Manager and Provincial Asset (BPKAD), Heru Budi Hartono told, his side had adjusted the employee expenditure with 2014 budget cap. The expenditure contains of salary and allowance that amounted to Rp 19 trillion as the plan.

"Although, the total of the allowance is Rp 19 trillion, we might be able to not use all of it," Hartono explained at Jakarta City Hall, Thursday (3/26). 

The allowance will be given in accordance with the civil servants (PNS) performance because the amount will be adjusted with their points. If the civil servants do hard work, they will get bigger dynamic allowance. “The indicators of their performance will be calculated by points. The points will be multiplied by the unit, which is set to Rp 8,000, "he explained.

Moreover, he added, although the amount per point for echelon IV or echelon II is same, the number of points between positions is different. The higher the position, the maximum points will be higher too. Moreover, this dynamic allowance was promised by Heru to be paid by the end of this month. 

Heru admitted that there are many civil servants who complained to him because they still have not got the allowance. The complaint was sent to his mobile phone number via short message. "We expect by the end of this month could be disbursed," he hoped.