JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – To accelerate distribution of Village Fund, the government has simplified the rules that hamper the distribution and use as well as recruiting assistants to help Village Fund management.

Until the first half of 2015, the realization of Village Fund reached Rp16.61 trillion or 80% of the ceiling in the Revised State Budget (APBN-P) 2015 which is set for Rp20.77 trillion.

According to official information reported by Bakohumas Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on Tuesday (20/10), distribution to village government only reached 37.85% or Rp7.8 trillion.