The Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources Improves 3 Kg LPG Sales Governance So That It Is Right On Target

JAKARTA - The government has again allowed retailers to sell 3 kilograms (kg) of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG). The policy of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia received a number of supports, including from the Executive Board of the Islamic Student Association (PB HMI).

Wasekjen Bidang ESDM PB HMI Munawir menilai ada tujuan baik dalam larangan jual-beli gas melon secara eceran di warung atau yang saat ini disebut sub base. Salah satunya, distribusi yang lebih baik dengan harga yang tepat.

"The goal is good. The LPG subsidy budget in 2025 will reach Rp. 87 trillion, the public price should be only Rp. 5,000 per kilogram. This means that the savings price is Rp. 15,000, but there are those who sell Rp. 25,000 to Rp. 30,000, so the government considers the 3 kg subsidy LPG to be not on target," Munawir said in a statement received, Friday, February 7.

Munawir felt that the public had not seen this good goal. In fact, the government wants to make people enjoy subsidized LPG at the actual price.

"Therefore, let's provide good education to the community," said Munawir.

Munawir believes that so far there have been parties who deliberately take advantage of the price of subsidies. So that the government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources will stop it so that people get their true rights.

"This is what is meant by controlling and regulating 3 kg LPG governance so that it is more transparent, effective and efficient and on target so that the whole community is well served," said Munawir.

Munawir assessed that the problem so far is because maybe non-optimal supervision, both in terms of distribution, price disparities and the granting of location permits from agents to bases.

"Once we emphasize that the PB HMI ESDM Division fully supports the government's new policy through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for the welfare of the community and eradicates the LPG subsidies of the melon gas," said the former chairman of the HMI Kolaka Branch.

Previously, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia said the government was drafting regulations so that the status of retailers could be changed to a base so that people could get the appropriate price when buying directly at the base. When signing the regulation, Bahlil said the ban was carried out to prevent price games at the retail level. The policy was then refined again by changing the retailer's status to a sub base.

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources stated that all 3 Kg LPG retailers in Indonesia around 375 thousand will be raised to sub-base status. This step aims to ensure that the distribution of subsidized LPG is right on target and prices remain affordable.