Jakarta, Oct. 12 -- Indonesia has issued four policies to support micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the energy and mineral resources sector, Energy Downstreaming and Energy Transition Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said on Monday.

The policies cover mining business permits (IUPs) for MSMEs and cooperatives, the legalization of community oil wells, a requirement for IUP holders to cooperate with local contractors, and production quota approvals through revisions to Work Plans and Budgets (RKABs).

"I have introduced four regulations to support MSMEs," Bahlil said at the national working meeting of the Indonesian Indigenous Entrepreneurs Association (HPPI) in Jakarta.

Bahlil said the mining permit policy was intended to add...