Gus Ipul emphasizes the government's commitment to improve the mechanism for the spread of social assistance

Jakarta – Minister of Social Affairs (Social Minister), Saifullah Yusuf (Gus Ipul), has emphasized the government’s commitment to improve the mechanism of distribution of social assistance (Banso’s), more transparent, fast and on the target. Through a digital system developed at the National Economic Council (den), the digitization of social assistance by the Social Protection Portal (Perlinsos) is designed to reduce interactions on the face to reduce potential disorders, increase transparency and community participation. “This is what is now being recovered, strengthened, made a concept by using a system and building a digital platform. The point is to reduce people to meet people, avoid disorders,” Gus Ipul said in his statement, Friday (3/10/2025). Browse to continue with the content, he said in the social pillars dialogue event, sub -district head, village head/ village head with the Minister of Social Affairs in Sabha Swagata Blambangan Hall, Banyuwangi, Thursday (2/10) night. It is known, this digital platform connects different government databases, ranging from Dukcapil, BKN, BPJS Health, BPN to SAMSAT. With this system, community data that has registered is automatically verified so that social assistance is more targeted. “If the village header chooses the names that are appropriate to get social assistance later, this system is later linked to all data owned by the government,” Gus Ipul explained. The Banyuwangi was selected as the first trial because it was considered the most representative, because there were areas that were ready for digital infrastructure, there were also those still limited by the Internet network. This condition also tests the reliability of Perlinsos. So far, there are hundreds of thousands of Banyuwangi residents who have registered for the Bansos Digitalization trial by this portal. “The trial is now over 250 thousand who have a list because everyone is asked to register. Simply use a smartphone to use biometry,” Gus Ipul said. Nevertheless, about 70 percent of the registrants are still assisted by a companion or agent. Gus Ipul emphasizes the importance of supporting village government and social pillars to educate the community so that they can register independently in the future. “It is our duty to educate the public to participate,” he said. Meanwhile, Banyuwangi Regent, Ipuk Fiestiandani, expressed its appreciation for the Ministry of Social Affairs for the support of the socialization socialization program in its environment. “Thank you, we are grateful that Banyuwangi is a pilot project, although there are still many challenges, thank God, in general, the transformation of digital social assistance or perlinsos can go well,” Ipuk said. He added that the Banyuwangi Regency government is committed to gathering information on prospective social assistance recipients and firmly to support this digitization. The Family Hope program (PKH), Bagus, 31, who attended the event, claims that he felt directly the benefits of Perlinsos. “This system makes it easier for us to know the general state of the community, including Decil 1 and 2 DTSEN households, land or building ownership, even risky behavior such as online gambling,” he said. According to him, this data collection is also easier to reach by the public, because it is enough to be armed with KTP and smartphone only if you register. For information, present at this event member of the House of Representatives Commission VIII, Ina Amania; The Banyuwangi Regent for the period 2010-2021, Abdullah Azwar Anas and the ranks of high officials of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Banyuwangi Regional Government. It was also attended by hundreds of social pillars, heads of the district and village heads/ village heads in Banyuwangi Regency. (Ega/Ega)