Indonesia can save up to Rp200 trillion in coming two years: VP

"The budget could be saved up to hundreds of trillions of rupiah in line with the use of coals to fire steam-power plants (PLTU)," Kalla who is also general chairman of the Golkar Party said here on Sunday.

He made the remarks at the opening of the third regional leadership meeting of the Golkar Party in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.

The vice president said that the coal deposits in the country had the potentials to produce power and to develop PLTUs as one of the relatively cheap energy sources.

"The development of PLTUs continue to increase in the country from time to time so that it is not impossible for the country to save a huge amount of its budget and spendings," he said.

Touching on the economic growth in Indonesia, Kalla said that the economic growth was encouraging which at present had reached 6.3 percent.

He said that Indonesia`s economic growth was better than other countries in Asia like India, Bangladesh, Thailaind and Vietnam.

The vice president said ...