Indonesia to expand digital social protection trial to 42 regions

Indonesia will expand trials of its digital social protection system Perlinsos to 42 cities and districts in June 2026, sharply scaling up a pilot aimed at improving welfare distribution through integrated digital public infrastructure.

Director General of Digital Government Technology at the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, Mira Tayyiba, said the next phase would be 42 times larger than the initial pilot launched in Banyuwangi, East Java, in September 2025.