Prevent increase in inflation, Home Affairs Minister: We need to increase the intervention of rice stock

Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs (Minister of Home Affairs) Muhammad Tito Karnavian emphasized the importance of rice stock interventions as a step to maintain price stability and control inflation. The move was tackled as an attempt to maintain the purchase power of the community. He also emphasized the seriousness of the rice problem, which is now a major challenge to control inflation. Although national production reaches about 30 million tonnes with reserves in bulog of about 4 million tonnes, he says the intervention step still needs to be strengthened. It was transferred by him when he opened the cheap food movement on former MTQ Tugu Religi Plataran, Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi, Tuesday (8/26/2025). Browse to continue with the content “Well, then what we should be attentive to is that rice,” Tito said in a written statement Wednesday (8/27/2025). Price development data in the region shows the situation that is not yet fully stable. Of the 514 districts/cities, 233 regions experienced an increase in rice prices. He said the government’s intervention managed to reduce the number to 191 regions, but lately it has increased to about 193 to 200 regions. “What does that mean? The problem is that we have to boost rice intervention again,” he explained. Furthermore, Tito explained one form of intervention executed by the government, namely through SPHP pricing (stabilization of supply and food prices). This rice is packed in a five kilogram pocket package at a price of RP. 60 thousand, or about RP 12 thousand per kilogram. The price is still below the reference price of the government of RP 12,500 per kilogram, so that consumers can still get rice at affordable prices. However, Tito emphasized that this policy should not stop at a moment. “It’s a temporary movement, there must be a more continuous movement,” he explained. Therefore, he insisted that SPHP rice be paid more to the people’s market. “The market must be flooded with SPHP prices so that prices remain stable and no less competitive with other rice that tends to rise,” he said. Tito also expressed his appreciation for implementing the cheap food movement in Kendari. He hopes that this activity can maintain food stability in the southeast of Sulawesi at provincial and district/city level. “I pray for this event, God willingly, food can be controlled throughout [dan] The existing city, “concluded. As a supplementary information, the event was also attended by the head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi, chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Anindya Novyan Bakrie, Southeast Sulawesi -Governor Andi Sumangereka, the Regional Leadership Coordination Coordination Forum (Fordkopimda) South Suicese Suicese Southern Southern as well as other related parties.