Jakarta Deputy Governor, Rano Karno, together with the leadership of Jakarta City Council, signed the MoU on the Draft Amendment to the General Policy of the Regional Budget and the Draft Amendment to the Priority and Temporary Budget Ceiling (KUA-PPAS) of the 2025 Regional Budget amounting to Rp 91.86 trillion or 0.57 percent higher from the 2025 Regional Budget by Rp 91.34 trillion.

"We held a plenary session today on the revised budget. Essentially, there are budget changes, and they were discussed between the regional government and the city council," he said, Wednesday (7/16).

Rano explained that the General Policy in the Draft Revised Regional Budget that was submitted includes regional revenue and financing policies.

Regional income policies include regional taxes, regional levies, results of managing separated regional assets, regional original income and transfer income.

Meanwhile, in the regional financing policy sector, several strategic policies have been implemented to optimize financing expenditures. These include regional capital participation (PMD) to improve the health, governance, and risk ratios of regionally-owned enterprises (BUMD), appointing superior and professional management, implementing appropriate business strategies, and enhancing synergy between BUMDs.

Then asset optimization through productivity through collaboration with other regionally-owned enterprises (BUMDs), state-owned enterprises (BUMNs), and the private sector. Also increasing innovation through digital transformation to increase competitiveness, and strengthening the capital structure of BUMDs through various funding instruments.

"Changes to the 2025 Regional Budget are aimed at fulfilling mandatory and binding expenditures, supporting basic services to the community, such as education, health and social services," Rano added.

Changes to the city budget are also to maintain the optimization of services in agencies implementing the Regional Public Service Agency (BLUD) scheme, as well as completing regional development priorities, such as improving the quality of the environment and city infrastructure, accelerating economic growth.

Then, improving community welfare, adaptive governance, priority multi-year activities, and activities whose funding comes from central government transfer funds, including special allocation funds and mandatory spending.

"Hopefully, it can be decided immediately . So we can move quickly," Rano stated.