Indonesia spends $9.5 billion on free meals programme from January to October, minister says

​Indonesia ‌spent 173.2 trillion ​rupiah ($9.50 ‌billion) on its free meals programme ‌from January to ‌October, its finance ministry ⁠said ​on ⁠Friday. Suahasil Nazara said ⁠the programme served ​58.2 million recipients as ⁠of the ⁠end ​of October through 27,485 ⁠kitchens across Indonesia.

($1 = 18,225 ⁠rupiah)