Previously Stopped, Government Will Distribute Free Rice Cookers Again in 2024

"Sempat Setop, Pemerintah Bakal Bagi-Bagi Rice Cooker Lagi di Tahun 2024" translates to: "Government Will Resume, Distributing Rice Cookers Again in 2024"

Dream - The government is once again holding a program to distribute Electric-based Cooking Tools (AML) in the form of free rice cookers, through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM).

Previously Stopped, Government Will Distribute Free Rice Cookers Again in 2024

"The Director General of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jisman P Hutajulu, said that the plan to distribute free rice cookers will be synchronized with the budget for the New Electricity Installation Assistance Program (BPBL) in 2024."

"Planned. Later, we hope that there will also be assistance in installing new electricity that has been budgeted," he said as quoted from Liputan6.com, Thursday, February 29, 2024. Jisman explained that this program has many benefits for reducing gas imports and being more environmentally friendly. "Well, we do encourage the use of rice cookers as well. Because there are indeed many benefits, it can reduce gas imports, increase kWh per capita, and be more green," he said."

Program for distributing 500 thousand free rice cookers, which started in December last year using the 2023 state budget, was discontinued in mid-January 2024. The realization has reached 342,621 units or approximately 68.5 percent.

"To that end, Jisman will first evaluate the realization of the previous free rice cooker distribution program. So that the continuation of the program this year can be implemented more effectively."

"This is currently being made, already being implemented, and this program is being evaluated. But the one from yesterday was 500,000, and only 342 thousand have been realized. Indeed, the time is limited, then we maintain GCG (good corporate governance) for the distribution of the rice cookers."

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"Previously, Jisman also conveyed that the remaining budget for the rice cooker distribution program will be returned to the government. The total budget allocated by the Ministry of Finance for the 500,000 free rice cookers is Rp347.5 billion, sourced from the Budget Implementation List (DIPA) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for the year 2023."

Jisman expressed that this free rice cooker program failed to achieve its target due to the tight implementation schedule. In order to maintain good corporate governance (GCG), the government cannot simply provide the free electric stoves.

According to the records of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the free rice cooker distribution program is still dominated for the Java and Bali regions, about 56.30 percent.

The reason is, Java and Bali are considered to have better readiness in the electrical subsystem because the rice cooker unit consumes electricity of 300-350 Watts.

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