Social assistance

Use cekbansos.kemensos.go.id to check assistance information. When reviewed, the official form requested a 16-digit NIK and verification code. It uses DTSEN data; a household’s decile indicates its welfare grouping, not an automatic decision to award assistance. For PKH and BPNT assistance in 2027, Kemensos has also opened re-registration through Perlinsos Digital (perlinsos.kemensos.go.id, sign-in with IKD); registering does not guarantee assistance. Read the full guide.

SP4N-LAPOR! receives public-service complaints, suggestions and information requests through lapor.go.id, SMS 1708 or the app. Since 2026 it runs two versions: version 4.0 for 10 bodies (PLN, KAI, Pertamina, KemenPANRB, the Home Affairs Ministry, the Marine Affairs Ministry, NTB and West Java provincial governments, Malang City and Tangerang Regency) and version 3.5 for more than 700 other bodies and police matters. Reports are verified within 3 days, the agency acts and replies within 5 days, and you can respond to the reply within 10 days. Read the full guide.

As of 14 October 2026 the government has announced a 2026 wage subsidy (BSU) of Rp300,000 a month for three months, paid in one go (Rp900,000), for about 13.3 million workers, but the ministerial regulation and payment dates have not been issued. The only confirmed criteria are those of the 2025 round under Manpower Minister Regulation 5/2025, such as active BPJS Ketenagakerjaan membership and a wage of no more than Rp3,500,000. You do not register for BSU yourself and there is no fee; the list of candidates comes from BPJS Ketenagakerjaan. Read the full guide.

Indonesia’s main social assistance (bansos) schemes in 2026 are PKH and Sembako (BPNT) from the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos), government-paid BPJS Kesehatan contributions (PBI JK), PIP for school pupils, KIP Kuliah for university students, village cash aid (BLT Desa) from the Village Fund, and rice aid. Almost all of them use the National Socio-Economic Single Data (DTSEN): the Cek Bansos portal says families in deciles 1–4 can be put forward for PKH and Sembako, and decile 5 for PBI JK. Being in a given decile does not mean you automatically receive anything, because each scheme has its own criteria, quota and route for proposals. Read the full guide.

A proposal (usul: putting yourself or someone else forward to be listed) and an objection (sanggah: disputing a recipient or data that are wrong) can be made through the Kemensos Cek Bansos app, through village or ward officials for discussion at the village or ward meeting, or at the regency or city social affairs office. Proposals are verified and validated by local government and Kemensos and then sent to BPS to update DTSEN and recalculate deciles, so nothing changes immediately. The rules on updating DTSEN involve no fees, and registration is only through the official app, perlinsos.kemensos.go.id, your village or ward office, or the social affairs office. Read the full guide.

Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) is a National Nutrition Agency (BGN) programme providing free nutritious food to pupils from early childhood education to secondary school, including Islamic boarding schools (pesantren), children under five from six months old, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and teachers and education staff (Presidential Regulation 115/2025). Meals are cooked by Nutrition Service Units (SPPG) and delivered to schools, or distributed through community health posts (posyandu) for mothers and young children. If your child falls ill after eating, go to a community health centre (puskesmas) or emergency department straight away if there are danger signs, keep the leftover food, and report it to the school, the puskesmas and BGN’s call centre on 127. Read the full guide.