Maintain Rice Price Stability, Police Food Task Force Monitoring Distribution

The National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit continues to monitor rice distribution in East Java (Ist)

JAKARTA - The National Police's Bareskrim Food Task Force continues to monitor rice distribution in various regions. This step was taken because there was a scarcity of rice that led to an increase in prices. The National Police Food Task Force and its staff continue to monitor in maintaining price stability and rice availability," said the Head of the National Police Food Task Force, Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan, quoted on Friday, February 16.Monitoring or supervision is carried out in areas that are the center of rice production. Because, each region has characteristic differences in the technical distribution. In addition, supervision of the distribution routes is also carried out, so it is hoped that there will be no areas with less rice availability, he said. Monitoring is also carried out at rice milling stations, warehouses, modern retail stores and traditional markets. The goal is to find out actual conditions if obstacles are found. The process of monitoring the availability and price of rice in the regions is carried out by the Director of Special Criminal Investigation of the Polda ranks. Later, the results of supervision will be reported periodically to the Bareskrim Food Task Force. Of course, the cooperation with the relevant Provincial Service which aims to ensure conditions in the field,'' he said., said Whisnu, the obstacle found in the field is crop failure due to weather in several regions. However, he continued, the current condition of rice availability in the regions is still safe even though the price is experiencing differences according to the highest retail price (HET).

"Until now, the condition of rice availability in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali, NTB, NTT, Maluku and Papua is still safe. However, the price is different as there is a difference between HET according to their respective zones," he said. However, the National Police's Food Task Force ensures that the stock or availability of rice is still sufficient to meet the needs of the community.