Dream - The community can no longer hope to receive free electric rice cookers from the government. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has stated that the program to distribute Electric Cooking Appliances (AML) has failed to reach its target of 500 thousand units.

"The Director General of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jisman P Hutajulu, announced that the government's free rice cooker program has only been realized in 342,621 units, or approximately 68.5 percent of the target."

"Because the time was also limited yesterday, we also need GCG, we must not be careless with the data. So that's the firm, which can be verified in the field, and already exists administratively supported so that we can provide," he said.

Jisman still cannot say whether the program in question will continue in the future. It is not impossible that the free rice cooker program will be replaced with an electric stove distribution program.

"We'll see later. That was a different year, the Ministry of Finance has changed. If there is a proposal later for the Ministry of Finance to push for electric stoves, it's also possible," he concluded."