There have been 449 reported cases of mass food poisoning associated with the program, affecting 38,023 people across 36 ...

Teachers hand out meal trays as part of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program in Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia, June 12, 2026. Indonesia said on Thursday it will restructure its MBG program ...

The program has come under scrutiny for its implementation and high cost, which is set to total nearly $15 billion in 2026.

BGN procured more than 21,000 electric motorcycles for kitchen heads under its free meals program last year, at an estimated ...

Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan stated his commitment to overhauling the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) ...

Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan has set a one-month target to complete the reprioritization of ...

Indonesia will save Rp 3.4 trillion by pausing its free meals program during school holidays and refocusing aid.

Former National Nutrition Agency chief Dadan Hindayana and his two deputies are named corruption suspects in the free ...

As controversy and pressure mount over President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free nutritious meal program, some beneficiaries say they are willing to forgo the assistance intended to combat stunting ...

The design of the free nutritious meal program was flawed from the outset. It is a feeding frenzy for elites and cronies.

West Java food prices on 18 June 2026: 4 commodities rose (garlic highest gain), 4 fell (large red chili largest drop), 8 unchanged per trade ministry monitoring data.

JAKARTA: Indonesia should suspend President Prabowo Subianto's signature free meals programme and significantly widen a graft ...