The Home Affairs Ministry and related ministries completed the coordination initialling of the issue inventory list (DIM) for the Population Administration Bill on Tuesday, 27 October 2026. Teguh Setyabudi, Director General of Population and Civil Registration at the ministry, said the bill replaces and revokes Law No. 23 of 2006 and Law No. 24 of 2013 in their entirety because more than 50 percent of the content changes and the regulatory paradigm shifts.
Key provisions
The bill regulates digital and integrated population administration, the Population Identification Number (NIK) as the single identity number, data interoperability aligned with Satu Data Indonesia, the state's responsibility to prevent unauthorised data dissemination, and monitoring and review of the law's implementation.
Process
Intensive discussions took place on 13–20 October 2026 by a ministerial team under Presidential Letter No. R-54/PRES/09/2026 dated 28 September 2026. The government aims to submit the DIM to the House of Representatives (DPR) no later than 8 November 2026 for joint deliberation. The bill is in the 2026 priority legislative programme and was proposed by the DPR's Commission II.
Source: ANTARA, 27 October 2026.
