The Ministry of Social Affairs is ready to mobilize millions of kpm that undertakes the Red and White Village Cooperative

Jakarta – The Ministry of Social Affairs (Ministry of Social Affairs) is ready to fully support the program to establish the Red and White Village Cooperative. To follow up the program, the Ministry of Social Affairs will deploy millions of Beneficiary Families (KPM) as members and supply products. It was transferred by Saifullah Yusuf (Social Minister Gus Ipul) at a limited coordination meeting at the Office for Coordinating Ministry of Food. The meeting held today to discuss the follow -up of the Presidential Instruction (Invess) number 9 of 2025 regarding the acceleration of the Red and White Village cooperative formation. “In the presidential instruction number 9, there are two assignments to us. First, encourage the beneficiary families (KPM) or beneficiaries to become members of the red and white cooperative, and secondly those who encourage efforts to be sold in cooperatives. We are ready to support the two tasks, the same time as a part of the poverty. The content that Gus Ipul explained, there is currently 18 million kpm Family Hope program (PKH) and 10 million beneficiaries of the food program. , “He said. In addition to being a member, the Ministry of Social Affairs also prepared a potential KPM as a product provider in the cooperative. Recorded KPM graduation companies in 2024 included 1,686 kpm in the field of services and trade, 315 in the field of crafts and sewing, 1.602 in the field of food and beverages, 284 in the field of agriculture, and 214 in the field of animal farming. “(CPM products) can be sold according to the presidential instruction number 9 of 2025 in red and white cooperatives,” Gus Ipul said. On the other hand, it also noted that in 2024 there was as much as 7,242 kpm PKH graduation category, which is considered to be the potential to become the administrator of the red and white cooperative. To support the development of village cooperatives, Gus Ipul said the Ministry of Social Affairs is also ready to provide human resources with existing social pillars. “We have 33 thousand PKH companions, for example, if we are asked to help the Red and White Village Cooperative,” he said. In addition to PKH, the Ministry of Social Affairs also has 6.061 Sub -District Social Welfare Staff (TKSK), 24.391 Cadets for Ramp Rearness (Tagana), and 1 946 Social Rehabilitation -Metons ready to be involved. Meanwhile, the Coordinating Minister of Food Division Zulkifli Hasan has welcomed the readiness of the Ministry of Social Affairs in the founding of the Red and White Village Cooperative. He said that the meeting today was the first step in following up the presidential instruction number 9 of 2025 to accelerate the formation of cooperatives with the support of various ministries. “Of course, there is cooperative minister, there are of course village ministers, there is Minister of Agriculture, KKP Minister, Finance Minister Bumn, Home Affairs Minister, Minister of Social Affairs, Health Minister Bappenas, Minister of Ltkp, and others,” he said. (ANL/EGA) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here