JAKARTA — The discussion on strengthening the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program and the role of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has resurfaced amidst national public policy dynamics. The program is considered necessary to be established within the framework of a law to ensure its sustainability. This issue has become a concern because it concerns the direction of Indonesia's human resource development in the long term, particularly regarding the fulfillment of child nutrition as the main foundation of education and productivity. "Development tends to focus on the education sector, but often neglects basic factors such as health and nutrition," said Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, Yahya Zaini, in Jakarta, Monday (20/4/2026). The MBG program is considered to be a solution to these issues. Not only providing food, this program aims to ensure that every child gets adequate nutritional intake so they can learn and ...