Social Minister Risma: BLT Cooking Oil Completed Before Eid

JAKARTA - RI Social Minister Tri Rismaharini believes that the distribution of direct cash assistance (BLT) for cooking oil will be completed before Eid 1443 Hijri, because it has now reached 98 percent. an official at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Jakarta, Monday, April 25. The Minister of Social Affairs said that although it was almost completed, there were still obstacles in the distribution, both due to geographical conditions and recipient data. We have to break through how it can be distributed, yesterday we sent it by plane to speed things up," he said. BLT cooking oil is given with an index of Rp. 100,000 every month for three months, namely April, May and June, which will be submitted all at once in April 2022. So, people who meet the requirements will receive assistance worth IDR 300 thousand per beneficiary family (KPM) which is submitted in cash through PT Pos Indonesia sia.BLT cooking oil reached 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) that have not been registered as recipients of BPNT. The cooking oil BLT policy is part of the government's efforts to protect and maintain people's purchasing power. , especially the poor and vulnerable groups, as an important foundation in efforts to support and encourage national economic recovery. Thus, the BLT cooking oil policy also contributes to strengthening the economic foundation in facing various challenges and risks to the dynamics of the global and domestic economy.