Indonesia’s free meal initiative to begin pilot next month; aims to benefit 82.9 million people by 2027

Petru Mazilu

Each meal is estimated to cost the government about 15,000 rupiah (US$0.95) JAKARTA: Indonesia’s free meal initiative , which is set to begin its pilot next month, stands to benefit some 82.9 million people in its first two years of operations. The programme will then be rolled out nationwide at the start of next year, according to the head of the Indonesian National Nutrition Agency Dadan Hindayana. “Our target for 2027 is 82.9 million people. In December 2024, we will start the pilot project