Indonesia looks to curb cost concerns over Prabowo's free meal program

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Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati says President-elect Prabowo Subianto's free school lunch program will not affect the country's budgetary deficit target next year. © Reuters

NANA SHIBATA and ISMI DAMAYANTI, Nikkei staff writers

JAKARTA -- Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto's flagship policy of introducing free school lunches will not blow the country's budgetary targets for next year, the nation's finance minister said, looking to allay concerns over the costly program's fiscal impact.

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