Hopefully, the House of Representatives (DPR) will approve a proposal for fixed fuel subsidies soon, the Head of the State Budget Policy Center at the Fiscal Policy Board of the Finance Ministry, Rofyanto, said.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government is seeking to provide fixed fuel subsidies in 2014 to improve the state budget, an official said.
Hopefully, the House of Representatives (DPR) will approve a proposal for fixed fuel subsidies soon, the Head of the State Budget Policy Center at the Fiscal Policy Board of the Finance Ministry, Rofyanto, said here on Thursday.
"If the DPR approves the proposal, it will be considered in the revised 2014 state budget. But if it is not approved, we will likely consider it in 2015," he said.
He noted that the concept of fixed fuel subsidies came from the DPR and had been discussed with the government.
"But the proposal cannot yet be considered in the 2014 state budget," he said.
If the fixed fuel subsidy was set at Rp2,000 per liter, budget allocations for fuel subsidies with a quota of 48 million kiloliters would reach Rp96 trillion, he said.
"The fixed fuel subsidy will make the state budget better," he noted.
In the 2014 state budget, the government has allocated Rp200 trillion for fuel subsidies.
Rofy said the government was determined to control the use of subsidized fuels to ensure that the fuel subsidy would be available to those entitled to it.
In the 2014 state budget, the quota for subsidized fuels is the same as in the 2013 state budget, at 48 million kiloliters.
With the growth of motor vehicles, projected at 10 percent annually, the government must control the use of subsidized fuels, he said.(*)
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