The President said the budget for 2012 fuel oil subsidy totaling Rp123,6 trillion, for electricity Rp45 trillion and for the non-energy commodities Rp40.3 trillion.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government has allocated Rp 208.9 trillion for subsidies in the 2012 Draft State Budget or Rp28.3 trillion less than in the previous year`s state budget when the figure was Rp237.2 trillion.
"The amount will be used to subsidize fuel oil, electricity and non-energy commodities," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in his state-of-the-nation address on the Draft 2012 State Budget and Financial Note at a plenary session of the House of Representatives (DPR) here on Tuesday.
The President said the budget for 2012 fuel oil subsidy totaling Rp123,6 trillion, for electricity Rp45 trillion and for the non-energy commodities Rp40.3 trillion.
The non-energy subsidies will be allocated for fertilizers seeds, food stuffs, public services, credit interest and taxes.
According to the president, the distribution of subsidies which actually become the right of the low-economic society still did not reach the target and enjoyed by the economically capable community.
Thus, the rearrangement of policy delivery system of subsidies which have been carried out in 2011 will be continued in 2012, the president said.
One of the subsidy arrangements, the volume of subsidized fuel is controlled, among others, through the optimization of kerosene to LPG 3 kg cylinder.
Then the increase of utilization of alternative energy such as bio fuels (BBN) and fuel gas (CNG) as well as the restrictions on the volume of consumption gradually.(*)
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