Revive Siak Citizens' Economy as a Result of Covid-19 Department of Agriculture Service Establish Cooperation through People's Business Credit

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Thursday, Jul 09, 2020 | 11:43 am

Revive Siak Citizens' Economy as a Result of Covid-19 Department of Agriculture Service Establish Cooperation through People's Business Credit

News24xx.com - The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that is very influential on the level of the economy of the citizens, especially for residents of Siak Regency, the central and regional governments are synergized to increase agricultural production, in order to realize regional and national food security. One of the efforts made is through facilitation of cooperation with the State Bank Association in the form of distribution of People's Business Credit.

The distribution of People's Business Credit aims to prepare and provide business capital for farmers, in order to be able to increase agricultural production which in turn can improve the welfare of the community.

In parallel with this, the Regent Alfedri expressed his appreciation for the collaboration that existed between the Government of Siak Regency through the Siak Regency Agriculture Office and the State Bank Association.

"We appreciate the collaboration established between the Siak Regency Agriculture Office and the State Bank Association, including Pegadaian and Regional Development Banks to explain to the general public about this joint program in the form of People's Business Credit," said Regent Alfedri in Minas, when opening the Socialization of People's Business Credit Activities Agricultural Financing Facilitation.

He explained, the government encourages food sovereignty to be continuously improved to support the regional and national economy.

"You can imagine, ladies and gentlemen, if we do not have sufficient food stocks and only rely on rice imports from Vietnam and Myanmar. In addition to the atmosphere of Covid-19 as it is now that almost 120 countries in the world are affected, if they stop logistics delivery due to corona outbreaks. "We want to eat what. Our country is considered weak economy will be fragile if we do not have sufficient food supply, so the importance of food sovereignty" he explained.

He continued, Food security has become a strategic government program that must be achieved together at both the central and regional levels, especially rice commodities.

"The Minister of Agriculture under the helm of Mr. Syahrul Yasin Limpo has done two things, namely encouraging exports and empowering Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises," he concluded.

Meanwhile, Secretary of the Agriculture Service Office of Siak Arisman Regency said that the People's Business Credit has been running for four years but only some of the people have used it.

"Actually, the People's Business Credit has been running for four years, but very few people are interested. For 2020, the credit target that has been reached by Bank Rakyat Indonesia is around 78 billion IDR, this exceeds the target set at 60 billion IDR . While for Bank Riau it has only been realized sebasar 1.4 billion IDR so there are still many that have not been utilized.

On this occasion he invited the public to take advantage of the ease of People's Business Credit facilities with low interest between 5 to 6 percent.

"Borrowing 25 million IDR without gratuity, but if you want to borrow even more, the maximum is 500 million IDR, the process uses a guarantee of land certificates, Book Ownership of Motorized Vehicles and can not be done in branch banks, must be in the unit, it means domiciled in Siak .

The requirements for applying for a People's Business credit are quite easy, just complete the Resident Identity Card, Population Identification Number, Family Card and Budget Plan or details of costs, for example, the father wants to plant a 1-hectare watermelon, how much does it need funds, so that with a Budget Plan a measurable cost is spent. for anything "he concluded. (adv)