dividend to the state under a leadership of Minister of BUMN Erick Thohir. " />

JAKARTA -- Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that Non-Tax State Revenue Separated from State Assets (PNBP KND) from dividend payments from State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) reached IDR 81.5 trillion as of December 12 2023. This achievement is considered encouraging amidst economic conditions unhealthy global situation.

"This means that our BUMNs, in the midst of an unhealthy external situation, can show very good performance. They can also create good profitability, they can give good dividends, which we appreciate," said a senior economist and co-founder of the Institute for Social Economic and Digital (ISED), Ryan Kiryanto as quoted by Republika, Friday (15/12/2023).

He continued that in parallel with these positive achievements, in the future BUMN needs to be strengthened. So apart from being able to achieve good profits and provide large dividends to the APBN, there must also be more BUMNs with healthy status.

Ryan explained that being healthy means not losing money. Ryan believes that if there are more and more healthy BUMNs, there will be even more dividends to the state.