Indonesia: Recipients of Rice Food Assistance will increase to 22 million

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Bulog will again distribute Rice Food Assistance in 2024 to 22 million Beneficiary Families (KPM), after 2023 distributing the same program to 21.3 million recipients. If on average 1 family consists of 4 people, this program meets the food needs of almost 90 million Indonesians or the equivalent of 1/3 of the total population of Indonesia. President Joko Widodo when present at the distribution of the Rice Food Assistance Program in Salatiga and Temanggung, this Food Assistance program has started to be distributed from January to June. For 2024, there will be an increase in the number of Beneficiary Families (KPM) for Rice Food Assistance to 22 million KPM from the previous 21.3 million KPM in 2023. "Food availability is the government's current priority, for this reason, government programs that have an impact on improving people's living standards, such as Food Assistance, are being extended until June and beyond. Food management must be taken ...