Acting Head of BPS, Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti attended the Coordination Meeting (Rakor) to Secure Food Supply and Prices Ahead of Fasting and Eid Al-Fitr 2024 in Jakarta (5/3). The activities carried out by the National Food Agency aim to maintain food price stability ahead of the holy month of Ramadan and Idul Fitri 2024.
Apart from being attended by the Minister of Home Affairs, Muhammad Tito Karnavian, this event was also attended by other speakers, namely the Head of Bapanas, Ministry of Agriculture, Perum Bulog, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Transportation, and the National Police Food Task Force.
In his direction, Minister of Home Affairs Tito said that this coordination meeting was a meeting held in accordance with the direction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia. He added that the coordination meeting was also an effort to cooperate and collaborate in controlling the prices of basic commodities ahead of the Religious and National Holidays (HKBN), fasting and Eid al-Fitr in 2024. There are several regions in Indonesia where the monthly inflation rate is still above the national figure. "So for regional heads whose inflation is above the national level, to control food availability and stability ahead of HBKN in the months of Ramadan and Idul Fitri," he stressed.
In his presentation Plt. The Head of BPS said that inflation occurred at the start of Ramadan and Idul Fitri. The main food commodities causing inflation in February 2024 are rice, red chilies, purebred chicken eggs and purebred chicken meat. "If we look at the peaks that have occurred historically, the peak of inflation occurs in the month of Ramadan or Idul Fitri and at the end of the year. "Therefore, as we approach March and April 2024, of course we will start anticipating from the start, so that later in the month of Ramadan and Hari Raya this year, hopefully inflation pressure will not be too great compared to last year," said Amalia.
