Here's How The DKI Provincial Government Anticipates Inflation Ahead Of Christmas 2022 And New Year's 2023

Illustration of traditional markets in DKI Jakarta. (Antarananews)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has various efforts to anticipate and control inflation ahead of the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year celebrations. This was stated in a meeting of the Regional Inflation Control Team (TPID) and the DKI Jakarta Food Security Task Force.

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono said the TPID meeting was to ensure the supply and stable price of food needs for Jakarta residents. He also admitted that there had been an increase in the price of a number of foodstuffs.

"Earlier, we held a coordination meeting on TPID to discuss the development of regional inflation. Of course, there are several basic commodities that have increased, such as eggs and rice, but are not significant. Food stocks are in a safety condition and are quite stable, everything is well maintained," said Heru, Tuesday, December 20.

The two food commodities that have experienced an increase in prices in Jakarta are chicken eggs and IR III medium rice. The price of chicken eggs has increased due to the increase in the price of animal feed. The increase in prices was also triggered by an increase in demand ahead of Christmas 2022 and the use of eggs as routine social assistance.

Meanwhile, IR III medium rice has increased since October 2022. The increase was due to the high price of milled dry grain at the milling level due to the increase in rice production costs and limited supply because it had not yet entered the rice harvest season.

He explained at the meeting, various efforts in controlling inflation, as well as anticipating the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year celebrations, namely:

1. Prognosis of food availability and needs. Currently, the prognosis of availability and strategic food needs in December 2022 - January 2023 is at a fairly safe level.

2. Distribution of broiler eggs in subsidized food activities for certain communities at a price of Rp.10,000 per kilogram.

3. The government through PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya in collaboration with Bulog Divre Jakarta Banten has distributed KPSH Medium Rice since October 2022 and is planned to continue until February 2023. In addition, it also distributes premium types of rice to subsidized food activities for certain communities.

4. Carry out direct monitoring of the field to check prices, availability, production and distribution of food needs.

5. Cooperate with local governments that have a surplus of food commodities in order to maintain price stability and availability in the regions, both B2B and G2G.

6. Melakukan pasar murah, bazar murah atau kegiatan ketersediaan pasokan dan stabilisasi Harga (KPSH).

7. Involving various related stakeholders such as the police, prosecutors, TNI, BPKP, the PKK Mobilization Team in carrying out efforts to control inflation in the regions.

8. Innovate in maintaining the availability of food in the regions through various activities, such as self-help, the movement to plant food crops, energy and food saving movements.

9. Coordinate intensively and quickly with various stakeholders through the use of technology and information, for example, create a WhatsApp group to provide routine reports that are multilevel and tiered.

10. Maintain people's purchasing power by continuing various social safety net programs in 2023.