Dossier
free meals programme
Coverage of free meals programme in the Nexus archive.
- Indonesia’s free meals scheme cut leaves kitchen operators in limbo
Indonesia's government is scaling down President Prabowo Subianto's free meals program to save money, leaving thousands of kitchen operators in limbo. The plan includes a potential US$2 billion budget cut, reducing beneficiaries and halting the addition of 13,000 new kitchens among the current 28,000.
- Will Prabowo’s free meals scheme survive amid Indonesia corruption arrests?
Indonesia's free meals program, plagued by governance issues and food poisoning, faces political risks as corruption charges lead to arrests of former officials overseeing the scheme. Prabowo Subianto dismissed three ex-officials linked to the corruption case.