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One of the industrial forest plantation companies in Ogan Komering Ilir Regency, South Sumatra, PT Bumi Mekar Hijau invites local residents to take advantage of an unproductive land of 1,508 hectares which often burns during the dry season.

Head of the Sungai Gebang-Menang District of PT BMH Alfredo P Pane in Kayuagung, Friday, said the use of this unproductive land is one of the steps to prevent forest and land fires (karhutla). Based on data from the South Sumatra Provincial Government, it is known that most forest and land fires occur on unmanaged or unmanaged land. On this basis, PT Bumi Mekar Hijau (BMH) as Sinar Mas' Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) supplier partner in the Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) Region invites the people of Gajah Mati Village, Sungai Menang District, OKI Regency to manage the unproductive land in 2021. PT BMH provides an understanding to the community that the area that has been claimed to belong to the community is a PT BMH concession. For this reason, the company invites villagers to work together to manage it in a forestry partnership scheme. This forestry partnership scheme empowers communities in and around forests, by providing access for communities to manage land in forest areas that have been encumbered with rights or in Forest Management Unit (KPH) areas.

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Long before the current turmoil, many experts have talked about such a phenomenon and suggested ways to increase our capacity.

In a 1966 interview, Fuller had predicted that education would become the education of a lifetime, education was made easier by the advent of technology and more and more people would study at home. Reorganization will benefit everyone. Therefore, Fuller prioritizes his students to think freely and independently even though he still emphasizes the critical power and doubts that remain the basis in education. His predictions did not deviate much. Especially in the midst of a pandemic, people are invited to be more skilled at thinking and learning independently. Critical power also remains the basic capital in the midst of various companies that no longer see educational background. They look more at personal abilities than their origin or higher education background. Seeing this phenomenon, it is appropriate for us to question the readiness of our educational methods and systems. As a parent, it is very possible that you will make the wrong steps in your child's education if you don't understand the times. The wrong planning will make children lose opportunities in the future. All the experts who talked about the new job spoke more about the ability to think systematically, work in an uncertain environment, multiculturalism, communication skills, and organizational skills. Technical ability becomes an important ability.

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Narasi Institute economist Achmad Nur Hidayat said that although the new tariffs were not implemented this year, the plan could disturb consumers' psychology.

"The plan to increase VAT on basic necessities will encourage people to buy basic necessities outside of their needs for fear of rising prices," he said, adding that the potential for inflation this year would increase by 1%-2.5% so that inflation in 2021 could reach 2.18%-4.68. %. In addition to causing inflation that is burdensome for consumers in general, Achmad said that an increase in VAT of 12% on basic necessities from agricultural production will also cause small farmers to lose their welfare and eventually become poorer in the midst of the pandemic. This can happen because small farmers find it increasingly difficult to sell their products when consumers put the brakes on spending due to the increase in the VAT rate. The Deputy Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Arsul Sani also said that the VAT rate increase was contradictory to the relaxation policy of the Sales Tax on Luxury Goods (PPnBM). In fact, only a limited number of people will benefit from the PPnBM policy, unlike VAT, which involves a large number of people. Meanwhile, Head of the Fiscal Policy Agency (BKF) of the Ministry of Finance, Febrio Nathan Kacaribu, said that middle and high-income countries generally receive their tax revenues dominated by VAT, not income tax (PPh).

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Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated that the draft Law on General Provisions and Tax Procedures (KUP) had just been sent to the leadership of the DPR RI and had not been discussed.

Thus, his party deeply regrets the emergence of noise regarding the issue of the imposition of value added tax (VAT) for basic needs or basic necessities. Moreover, continued the Minister of Finance, the draft KUP Bill was leaked and spread to the public with aspects that were cut off and incomplete, causing conditions to become awkward. “The situation became a bit awkward because it turned out that later the documents were out because they had already been sent to the DPR as well. What came out in pieces," said Sri Mulyani in a working meeting with Commission XI of the Indonesian House of Representatives. The Minister of Finance's statement answered requests for confirmation and objections from a number of members of the House of Representatives Commission XI regarding the circulation of news regarding the plan to impose VAT on basic necessities. Among the requests for confirmation and objections came from Andreas Eddy Susetyo from the PDIP faction, Puteri Anetta Komarudin from the Golkar Party faction, and Kamrussamad from the Gerindra Party faction. He emphasized that the government is currently still focused on restoring the economy so that he deeply regrets that there is a commotion in the community regarding the issue of basic necessities that will be subject to VAT. “Blowed up as if not paying attention to the current situation. We really use the APBN instrument because our goal is economic recovery from the demand side and supply side," said Sri Mulyani. However, he said, the government was still unable to explain in detail about this issue because in terms of political ethics there had been no discussion with the DPR RI.

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The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has accelerated the completion of a number of roads supporting special areas by the end of this year.

Director of Road Development of the Directorate General of Highways of the Ministry of Public Works, Herry Vaza, said the road being built was an assignment project since last year. "Not for all areas, only in certain places that must be prepared faster in order to sell," said Herry yesterday. Land access in special economic zones, industrial areas, and strategic national tourism areas is usually managed by area managers and programmed by the Ministry of Industry. However, the Ministry of Public Works can be involved if the government has a specific target, such as in the Batang Integrated Industrial Estate (KIT), Central Java. "There are two boulevard project packages that will be completed this June following the other two packages later," said Herry. Herry added that a similar road project is in priority tourism areas as a special assignment to help developers. He gave an example of the construction of a 17-kilometer road in Mandalika, which is valued at around Rp 700 billion. The project is planned to be completed in September 2021. Minister of Public Works Basoeki Hadimoeljono ensured that the government will continue to develop a road network that links infrastructure around economic centers. In particular, the road project carried out by the Ministry of Public Works connects toll roads, ports, airports, and even trains to industrial areas.

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Head of the OJK Regional 6 Consumer Education and Protection Section Sulampua Bondan Kusuma said literacy is a classic problem that needs to be solved in order to increase insurance inclusion at this time.

"This literacy issue is still a classic challenge for all of us, even though the benefits of this insurance should be as protection that can be adjusted to the needs, abilities and purchasing power of the people," he said in a Virtual Discussion. On the other hand, the use of life insurance products was also greatly affected by the impact of the pandemic as reflected in the industry's performance which was corrected in several indicators. The performance of the life insurance industry last year recorded a slowdown in performance due to economic pressures during the Covid-19 pandemic. Performance improvement is estimated to occur this year, accompanied by economic recovery and attractive literacy steps taken together. Based on data from the Indonesian Life Insurance Association (AAJI), the acquisition of industrial premiums per quarter I/2021 reached IDR 57.45 trillion or grew 28.5% compared to the previous IDR 44.72 trillion. (Business 10/6). AXA Mandiri Chief Communications Officer Atria Rai said that a series of insurance benefits literacy education was carried out by the company continuously, especially during this pandemic. “This pandemic has really affected all sectors, including life insurance. But then, the changes created from this pandemic will of course be used to improve the performance and utilization of our products," he said.

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