Commission A Discusses Jakarta BPBD's Budget Needs
Reported by Dessy Suciati | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Jakarta City Council's Commission A discussed the budget needs of Jakarta Regional Disaster Handling Agency (BPBD) of 2025.
2025 budget proposal is Rp 96.95 billion
Jakarta City Council's Commission A Chairman, Inggard Joshua, said the BPBD budget proposal for 2025 is lower than this year.
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"2025 budget proposal is Rp 96.95 billion, while last year budget was Rp 135 billion," he said, Thursday (10/24).
Inggard added the commission will conduct a study related to the BPBD budget proposal before being agreed together.
"We want to get an explanation today regarding the agency, bureau and secretariat programs related to the budget proposals that have been prepared," he added.
Meanwhile, the Secretary of Jakarta BPBD, Marulitua Sijabat explained, several targets to be achieved in 2025, namely the supporting program for provincial government affairs and disaster management programs. In addition, Jakarta BPBD also received an additional budget from the Revenue Sharing Fund of Rp 44 million.
"The proposed 2025 RKPD and the Draft KUA-PPAS are the same by Rp 96.95 billion," he explained.
He added that Jakarta BPBD will draft disaster management regulations next year. It focuses on physical recovery and improvement regulations.
"This is in the post-disaster stage," he added.
