Indonesia’s national Islamic economy committee budget slashed, plans suspended as gov't focuses on COVID-19
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s National Sharia Economy and Finance Committee (KNEKS) will suspend non-urgent programs this year after its budget was slashed by a third as the government allocates resources to fight COVID-19.
KNEKS Director of Education and Research, Dr. Sutan Emir Hidayat, told Salaam Gateway the most expensive project in his department was slashed first.
“In my department for example, although everything is already settled for the new data center, including user interface, the design, the data from almost each region except Jakarta and East Java, for the Shariah economy report, we will hold it until the last month of this year or even a couple of months after.”
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