Indonesia to Run Thousands of Kitchens as Free Meals Initiative Starts in January

MACROECONOMICS - JAKARTA. Indonesia will open thousands of kitchens across the country next year as the incoming government led by president-elect Prabowo Subianto kicks off his multi-billion dollar free meals programme, the head of the agency running the initiative said on Tuesday.

Prabowo will be sworn in as Indonesia's next president on Oct. 20. In the first stage of his plan, meals will be given to around 20 million students from January at a cost of 71 trillion rupiah ($4.54 billion).

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