Vice Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions Ahmad Riza Patria stated that one measure of the success of the Merah Putih Village Cooperative (Kopdes Merah Putih) is that it does not use village funds, even though regulations allow such support for loan repayment.
Vice Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration, Ahmad Riza Patria, emphasized the importance of villages in Indonesia becoming the main providers of food for the Free Nutritious Meals program which is scheduled to start in 2025.
e Vice Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Paiman Raharjo says that the number of independent villages increased to 17,029 from the previous 174 in 2015.
