West Papua's 2020 income is projected to reach Rp9.2 trillion

West Papua's 2020 income is projected to reach Rp9.2 trillion

The Government of West Papua Province projects that regional income in 2020 will reach Rp9.2 trillion. The Governor of West Papua, Dominggus Mandacan, in submitting the Financial Memorandum Document and the Draft Budget for the Regional Expenditure to the DPR in Manokwari on Wednesday, said that the realization of regional original revenue next year is targeted to reach more than Rp512 billion, sourced from the tax sector, levies, regional wealth management and others -other PAD.
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"Then from the central government balance fund of Rp.4.3 trillion. The form of revenue-sharing funds, general allocation funds and special allocation funds," said the governor. Other income that will go to West Papua, continued Dominggus, was in the form of grant income, special autonomy funds, additional funds for special autonomy infrastructure and incentives. The total other income received by the West Papua Provincial Government next year is projected to reach Rp.4.3 trillion.
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Met after the activity, Mandacan was optimistic, the discussion of the West Papua RAPBD could be completed and endorsed by the DPRD before 31 December 2019. "For the 2020 program, all our fields are prioritized. All sectors are interrelated, health, education, agriculture, tourism all must support each other, "he said.
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Activities or public works (PU) and transportation in 2020, he continued, still received a larger budget allocation than others. Most of the Special Autonomy (DTI) infrastructure fund was mostly allocated in these two fields. "In accordance with the nomenclature it is like that, this DTI is poured by the central government to encourage the field of public relations and transportation here," he said again.
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The governor also hopes that the 2020 budget absorption can be maximized. So that people enjoy the development that takes place in this area. "We also continue to improve the system towards implementing e-governmant policies. We are in the form of implementing e-planning, e-badgeting and e-porcuremant. This is still early so there are still many weaknesses, especially related to human resources," he said.