Antara News·Indonesia·Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM UTC

BGN reviews MBG kitchen incentives to ensure fund efficiency

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Lintang Budiyanti, Kuntum Khaira

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia’s National Nutrition Agency (BGN) is reviewing incentives for partners operating kitchens under Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG), to ensure the state funds are used efficiently and converted into Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) for beneficiaries.

Head of BGN Sudaryono said on Tuesday the adjustment is intended to ensure that every rupiah of state funding allocated to the MBG programme is optimally converted into nutritious and high-quality meals for beneficiaries, while maintaining the principles of fairness and proportionality for partners.

"The key is efficiency, so that the system becomes fairer and more proportional. Clearly, we want every rupiah of the state budget to be properly managed and converted into MBG," Sudaryono said in an official statement received here in Jakarta.

He explained the incentive scheme needs to be designed proportionally by taking into the account of kitchen capacity, the number of beneficiaries served, and the amount of investment made by each partner.

This is intended to prevent excessive payments when the number of beneficiaries served by a kitchen is not commensurate with the incentives it receives.

Sudaryono noted MBG is different from business activities that rely on generating large profits in a short period of time. The programme is a routine public service carried out every day, making sustainability an important consideration in managing partnerships.

"MBG is more like a utility. It is a routine, daily activity, but the returns or profits are not large," he added.

BGN would continue to recognize the investments made by partners to support the programme, Sudaryono said, adding the partnership model should remain fair while protecting public funds.

"As the head of the agency, I am committed to treat everyone fairly. The point is that these partners are partners. They have spent money and built kitchens. We will ensure that we treat them as partners. But, as I said, they cannot incur losses, while at the same time they cannot make excessively large profits," he remarked.

BGN is also reviewing beneficiary data to ensure the number of meals prepared by SPPG kitchens matches the actual number of people receiving the programme.

Sudaryono acknowledged that improving the system and data requires time and presents its own complexities.

However, he said the effort is an important part of transforming the governance of the MBG programme, so that it can be implemented more accurately and reach its intended beneficiaries.

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