JAKARTA - The Ministry of Social Affairs ensures that families who are beneficiaries of the basic food card program (KPM) or non-cash food assistance (BPNT) receive direct cash assistance (BLT) for cooking oil. Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Affairs Harry Hikmat said since the launch of the cooking oil BLT on Thursday (7/07). 4), his party carries out a number of processes to ensure that beneficiaries receive assistance. "The current status is for standing instructions, meaning that the data that has been collected, which is fully prepared, there are 1,070,853 KPM. This has been prepared to the post for immediate distribution," said Harry in a virtual media briefing related to BLT Cooking Oil followed online in Jakarta, Friday April 8th. Harry explained the status in the OM-SPAN (Online Monitoring System of the Treasury and State Budget) reversal process there were 18,446 KPM. Then the status of the OM-SPAN process is 17,200,276 KPM, and in the data preparation process as many as 510,425 KPM. "This means that the Ministry of Social Affairs is ready to distribute this cooking oil BLT fund, and it will be integrated into the distribution later between April 4-21 together with the card program. In distributing BLT cooking oil, the Ministry of Social Affairs involves the Directorate General (Dirjen) related to social assistance, including the Director General of Social Security Protection (Linjamsos), and the Director General for Handling the Poor. .

BLT Cooking Oil is the President's policy to reduce public spending in the midst of rising prices entering the month of Ramadan, including the increase in cooking oil prices. Present at the activity were 100 beneficiaries who received assistance worth Rp. 300 thousand/KPM. BLT cooking oil was given with an index of Rp. 100,000 every month for three months (April, May and June), which was submitted all at once in April 2022. the condition is that they will receive assistance worth Rp. 300 thousand/KPM – which is submitted in cash through PT Pos Indonesia. BLT Cooking Oil reaches the target of 20.65 million KPM. They are 18.8 million KPM Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT) and 1.85 million KPM Family Hope Program (PKH) which have not been registered as BPNT recipients.


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