This Is What Ganjar Pranowo Did To Reduce Inflation In Central Java

Ganjar Pranowo (Photo via Central Java Provincial Government)

JAKARTA - Ganjar Pranowo revealed how to reduce inflation in Central Java. Several steps were taken, starting from optimizing the performance of the Regional Inflation Control Team (TPID) and intense communication with Bank Indonesia (BI).

“Friends in the inflation control team, TPID, we ask to be on guard. We and Bank Indonesia always communicate continuously and then we really look at the indicators that reduce inflation," said Ganjar, Thursday, August 4.

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released inflation data for Central Java (Central Java) in June 2022. Based on these data, Central Java's inflation rate fell 0.69 percent from the previous month's 4.97 percent to 4.28 percent.

The provincial government also invites Regional Owned Enterprises (BUMD) in Central Java to intervene related to controlling commodity prices. Especially chili and shallots, so the price in the market does not increase.

In addition, Ganjar said the Central Java Provincial Government was also trying to control the price of garlic to suppress inflation. The reason, said Ganjar, is that the price of garlic in Central Java is vulnerable to rising because production figures are still quite low.

"Therefore, on Friday we will come to Tegal. We are also working with BI. There we will encourage an increase in garlic products because this commodity is vulnerable. If we increase production, the domestic demand gap is not too high, then this will We control it," he added.

To accommodate all these efforts, Ganjar said his party already has an application that can provide data on commodity price information. The application also presents data on the supply of these commodities.

"We have a commodity price information system, we use an application. I ask friends in the Regency, City, and Department to continuously update the data so that we can know," he said.

"So we don't only calculate the price downstream, we also calculate the supply. We quickly communicate to the local governments, left and right, or producers, so that we can be fast," continued Ganjar.

Therefore, Ganjar said the local government must continue to prepare and continue to monitor. Moreover, said Ganjar, President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has also given a mandate to the regions.

"The President once gave an order to us so that the regions do not hesitate to intervene. So we need regulations that we fix so that in this uncertain situation we expect the regions to respond quickly," he said.