West Jakarta Administration is going to update the recipient data of non-cash food assistance program (BPNT).

Eldi Andi, West Jakarta Secretary said, it is done to match data from the Social Affairs Ministry with recipients of BPNT spread in 56 urban villages in West Jakarta.

"Eventually the data collection officers coordinate with related units, thus we get the latest data on the number of non-cash food aid recipients," expressed West Jakarta Secretary, Eldi Andi, Tuesday (4/10).

West Jakarta Government Section's Social, Youth and Sport Sub-Section Head, Ken Ima explained, based on the Social Ministry's data, around 46,716 beneficiary cards of BPNT have been sent to 56 urban villages in West Jakarta.

"However, the purchase of food in 59 e-warung (electronic stores) in West Jakarta is reaching 33,315 people or about 95 percent of the total 46,716 recipients of BPNT," he stated.

His side is also training 280 officers of Independent Update Mechanism (MPM) to collect data on people receiving government assistance.

"Data collection is done in accordance with the data of Social Ministry and current conditions found in the field. It could be the possibility of this data going up or down," he stated.