Entering The Priority Program Of The Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources, What Is The Fate Of Free Rice Cookers?

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - In early 2023, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources through a working meeting with Commission VII of the DPR RI conveyed a number of priority programs that the ministry will run during 2023. One of the programs included in the priority of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is distributing 680,000 units of electric rice (rice cooker).

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif when met by the media recently said that the free rice feeder distribution program was indeed included in the priority program but had not yet been implemented.

"Yes, it hasn't been posted yet, but later it will be necessary to increase household electrification," he told the media quoted on Wednesday, April 26.

According to him, this program is aimed at increasing household electricity consumption. Arifin also gave an example of the United States, which more than 80 percent have used electricity for daily life.

"America has used more than 80 percent of its electricity. This will be very good for us, the industry is growing, the energy has not been used," said Arifin.

Previously, in his presentation, Arifin did not convey the details of the budget that would be intended for this rice-eating program, but he ensured that his party allocated Rp2.5 trillion for public infrastructure budgets and surveys of energy and mineral resources.

Just so you know, the discourse on distributing rice producers emerged when put forward by the Sub-Coordinator of Electricity Business Commercial Relations, the Directorate of Electricity Entrepreneurship Development, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Edy Pratiknyo.

Edy said that the government is currently discussing the discourse of distributing 680,000 rice cookers to 450 VA electricity customers.

According to Edy, later this rice feeder assistance will be distributed throughout Indonesia through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' State Budget in 2023.

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in terms of distributing this assistance will utilize data belonging to the Ministry of Social Affairs with a program package value of IDR 500,000 per beneficiary family (KPM).