Jakarta, Sept. 10 -- The Indonesian government will launch a digital social protection system covering 50 million low-income citizens in October 2026, aiming to eliminate misallocated aid and curb corruption.

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, chair of the National Economic Council (DEN) and the Government Digital Transformation Acceleration Committee, announced Thursday that the initiative will roll out in the third week of October under President Prabowo Subianto's direction.

The digital framework aims to rectify systemic errors in beneficiary data collection, which Pandjaitan noted have frequently excluded eligible citizens from social assistance lists.

"The 50 million poorest citizens will certainly be included," Pandjaitan said, adding that...