Govt Mulls Over Integrating KUR and Preemployment Card

The majority of preemployment card recipients have opened their own businesses. The government will provide support for their businesses to expand the number of entrepreneurs.

KOMPAS/COKORDA YUDISTIRA

The couple making various cakes and snacks in Denpasar, Bali, I Made Artama and Lilik Listiyorini (center), together with representatives from BRI Bank Denpasar, Tuesday (12/1/2021). Artama and Lilik are BRI\'s customers for microcredit program (KUR) in Denpasar.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS– The government is mulling over a plan to support preemployment card recipients under the microcredit program (KUR). In integrating the KUR and preemployment card programs, the government hopes to increase the number of new entrepreneurs in the country.

The government has allocated a 2021 KUR budget of Rp 253 trillion (US$17.7 billion), a 33.15 per-cent increase from last year’s budget of Rp 190 trillion.