I'm Well! Rice Social Assistance, Eggs, And Chickens Are Ready To Be Distributed For Three Months

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said that the government was finalizing a scheme for providing social assistance (bansos) in the form of a number of foodstuffs.

According to Airlangga, this social assistance is expected to have a positive impact on the community and the government's important efforts in controlling inflation, especially in the food sector.

"Yesterday's government decided to provide rice assistance. Likewise with the help of eggs and chickens," he said through an online channel during the Kick Off of the National Food Inflation Control Movement (GNPIP) 2023, Sunday, March 5.

Airlangga explained that the recipients of the social assistance were people who were registered in the Family Hope Program (PKH), which was previously the main target of distributing aid.

"The regulations are being regulated and given for three months," he said.

To note, the government in the 2023 fiscal year has prepared a social protection budget of IDR 476 trillion which is distributed to various sectors.

The jumbo figure is expected to maintain people's purchasing power to encourage sustainable economic growth this year. Meanwhile, the 2023 resilience budget is recorded at IDR 104.2 trillion