Plans To Purchase Elpiji 3 Kg Using An ID Card Will Be Carried Out In Stages

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JAKARTA - The government's plan to limit the purchase of 3 kilograms of LPG (kg) using an ID card will be carried out in stages.

Head of BPH Migas Erika Retnowati said this policy was carried out to achieve the government's target, namely subsidies on target.

"This policy leads to closed distribution so that it is right on target for those who are entitled," said Erika kpeda media quoted Monday, December 26.

Erika added that the implementation of restrictions on the purchase of 3 kg LPG will be carried out in stages in several regions in Indonesia.

Later, the data used will be data on the Monitoring of the Acceleration of the Elimination of Extreme Poverty (P3KE).

"Later, hand over the KTP and it will be matched with P3KE data and indeed for the poor, the capabilities are down," continued Erika.

Previously, the Director General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Tutuka Ariadji, said that the policy had been implemented in several regions and would be implemented nationally next year.

"Now we have started (restrictions), but next year we will be full, right," said Tutuka.

Tutuka emphasized that the restriction on the purchase of LPG 3Kg was a new trial process with the aim of collecting data.

"We are using P3KE data now. So we are trying to implement it, already in 5 regencies/cities, Cipondoh, South Tangerang, then some are in Semarang, there are five. This year we are full (trial restrictions)," said Tutuka.