National Resilience
The nation’s ability to manage and recover from challenges is evaluated through its strategies in food security, defense, and energy preparedness. This section assesses Indonesia’s effectiveness in tackling crises and ensuring national resilience.
Maruarar to visit confiscated land in Bekasi as part of 3 million houses program
Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas, Maruarar Sirait, is scheduled to visit plots of land in Bekasi, West Java, that have been confiscated under the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) program which are planned to be used as sites for the contruction of the government’s 3 million housing program.
Indonesia, Turkiye sign UAV and missile production agreements
PT Republik Korpora Indonesia (Republikorp), Indonesia's private defense industry holding company, signed two strategic agreements with Turkish defense technology companies Baykar Makina and Roketsan Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S (Roketsan) for the localization of production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and advanced guided missile systems.
RI imposes 100 percent domestic retention of export proceeds for key commodities
President Prabowo Subianto has ratified Government Regulation (PP) No. 8 /2025 on the imposition of an obligation to retain 100 percent of export proceeds (DHE) domestically for a full year starting Saturday, March 1, 2025.
Indonesia plans domestic LPG production plant to reduce import dependency
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, said the government has planned to build a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production plant in Indonesia, as an effort to meet the supply for LPG consumption which is dominated by imports.
BPOM speeds up pharmaceutical salt industry certification to boost production, meet demand
The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) is accelerating the pharmaceutical salt certification process in an effort to establish an independent national pharmaceutical industry and meet domestic needs, by ensuring the readiness of the two authorized pharmaceutical companies in implementing the mandatory Good Manufacturing Practices (CPOB).
GAPKI asks expanded oil palm oil plantations to meet B50-B100 mandate by 2045
The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) says that Indonesia needs to have extended oil palm plantations to meet the needs of the mandatory program of mixing fuel oil (BBM) and biofuel (BBN) by 50 percent or B50 up to B100.
Pertamina empowers 159 villages on clean energy, rural economy and food security
State energy company PT Pertamina is actively supporting of village-based energy and food self-sufficiency measures through the Independent Energy Village (DEB) Program.
Presiden unveils plan for sea wall to protect Java's rice fields from rising sea level
President Prabowo Subianto has considered building a giant sea wall of 700 kilometers (km) in length from Banten to East Java aimed at protecting rice fields on the northern coast of Java from the impacts of increased sea level.
Plan to open forest for food security could pose ecological, climate risk: NGOs
The Indonesian Forum for Environment (WALHI) has criticized the government’s plan to open 20 million hectares (ha) of land as reserve forest land for food, energy and water security sources, which could result in various negative impacts in the form of hydrological damage, flooding and landslides from upstream to downstream.
Experts slam, warn of President Prabowo's defensive remarks on palm oil expansion
Experts and activists criticized President Prabowo Subianto's recent remarks, which defended Indonesia’s palm oil industry and support for its expansion.
Indonesia sets focus on key provinces to achieve rice self-sufficiency by 2025
Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman, reveals that West, Central, and East Java are key provinces in achieving the government’s target of rice self-sufficiency in 2025, with around 60 percent of national rice production originating from these three locations.
Housing Minister announces 40,000 homes built as part of 3 million housing program
Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas, Maruarar Sirait, says that the government has built 40 thousand houses as part of the program to build 3 million houses per year as of Tuesday, January 7, 2025.