Purbaya Asks for More Efficient MBG Program

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has requested that the MBG program can be more efficient. This has already been conveyed to the Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN). Purbaya admitted that he frequently discusses the efficiency of the MBG program with the Head of BGN Dadan Hindayana. "We will not be entering the MBG. We support MBG. We just ask MBG to be more efficient. That's about it. We keep discussing with the head of MBG," said Purbaya, during a media briefing on Friday (24/4/2026). According to him, the savings program has been implemented by reducing the MBG days to 5 days from the original 7 days. Purbaya added that BGN has also promised to implement other savings so that the budget can be reduced from the original Rp 335 trillion. "They will control the other areas so that the budget will be much less than the Rp335 trillion. So there will be a lot of savings for MBG," he said. Regarding the KPK findings related to the ...