Suara.com – People don't need to worry about the scarcity of rice in traditional markets and modern retail. The reason is, Perum Bulog has poured rice stocks into traditional markets and modern retail.
“Hello, BULOG friends! The availability of rice in modern retailers is starting to return to normal. So, BULOG friends, don't worry!” wrote Bulog management as reported on its official Instagram @perum.bulog, Monday (19/2/2024).
In its upload, Bulog also included photos of lots of piles of mejeng rice in modern retailers.
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Previously, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appealed to the public to be calm amidst conditions of high rice prices and scarce stocks. Jokowi believes that in two weeks rice stocks will be abundant in the markets, so the price can decrease.
Jokowi's confidence is high after he gave a special task to Bapanas and Perum Bulog to speed up the distribution of rice.
“All of this has been resolved with deliveries from Bulog to the regions and from the Cipinang Main Market. We'll see later, I think in the next week or two the rice will drop a little while waiting for the harvest,” said Jokowi after inspecting the Cipinang Rice Main Market (PIBC), Newsdelivers.com , Thursday (15/2/2024).
The former Governor of DKI Newsdelivers.com also confirmed that there was sufficient stock at the Cipinang Rice Main Market. However, Jokowi did not specify how much stock was in the main market.
“I came to the Cipinang Rice Main Market to ensure that this stock was available. It was distributed to retail to supermarkets to the regions, from the Cipinang Main Market, all of this. I made sure that the rice here was available. It was available, there was enough and I saw it was abundant,” explained he.