Direct Cash Aid (BLT)
Many people have a perception about of Direct Cash Aid (BLT) one of they comment is the BLT is not a solution on The government plans to raise fuel prices to cap fuel subsidies and protect the state budget in the face of soaring global crude oil prices, because it does not make the poor families receiving it financially independent.
But, if you want to look at it positively, it is positive although it is only Rp 100,000 a month. But BLT does not make poor families independent.
The Direct Cash Aid (BLT), which is given in compensation of BBM (oil fuel) price hike, will go on for several months ahead. It has been long awaited by those who are entitled to receive it.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday issued a presidential instruction for the disbursement of Rp 14.1 trillion (US$1.55 billion) in direct cash assistance to help 19.1 million lower income households comprising 76.4 million people cope with the fuel price increases. The government is using 2005 data to identify recipients.
