Indonesia’s free meals program faces multiple hiccups in first month of rollout

The program’s first phase was launched on Jan. 6, with an aim to distribute nutritious meals to 500,000 students. The government aims to gradually increase the number of recipients to 17.5 million by December and, eventually, 82 million by the final year of Prabowo’s administration in 2029.

Despite these ambitious goals, however, reports emerged on Sunday revealing that the government had suspended the free meals program for nearly 3,000 students across 18 schools in Sumenep…