inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf stated that his party has stopped receiving 55,000 anomalous social assistance recipients, including civil servants (ASN) and employees of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN).

The Minister of Social Affairs revealed that there are more than 100,000 anomalous social assistance recipients who should not have received assistance.

"Of that number, 55,000 are no longer receiving social assistance, and we are currently processing the 44,000 that we are no longer processing," said the Minister on Tuesday (8/12/2025).

In addition to ASN and BUMN, these anomalous social assistance recipients also include members of the Indonesian National Military (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police (INP), doctors, lecturers, managers, executives, and Regional-Owned Enterprises (BUMD). 

Findings from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) even recorded 27,932 BUMN employees suspected of receiving social assistance.

To prevent social assistance from being misdirected, the Ministry of Social Affairs is collaborating with the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and various relevant parties to implement Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 4 of 2025 concerning the National Socio-Economic Single Data (DTSEN), which emphasizes the importance of accuracy, interoperability, data updates, and synergy between ministries and institutions.

The Minister of Social Affairs explained that data updates are conducted routinely every three months to reflect changes in community conditions, such as births, deaths, or population movements. The updated results are submitted to BPS for validation and verification before being used as the basis for social assistance distribution.

Social assistance that is not properly targeted will be diverted to more deserving communities, particularly those in deciles 1 to 4, encompassing the extreme poor, the poor, and the vulnerable.

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