#rice for the poor

Collection of rice for the poor news, found 82 news.

Govt sets base buying price of rice at Rp6,600

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a decree setting the government`s base purchasing price of rice at ...

Govt told to control food imports

The government should control food imports which tend to increase due to the growing middle-class population in ...

Conditional direct aid no electioneering gimmick : Hatta

Chief economic minister Hatta Radjasa called on all parties not to suspect the government`s conditional direct cash ...

Govt earmarks Rp1.3 trillion to buy rice for poor

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono said that the government had allocated funds totaling Rp1.3 ...

RI govt targets 5-pct growth in annual rice production

The government is targeting an annual five percent growth in rice production to achieve a surplus of 10 million tons ...

Bulog expected to conduct market operations in various regions

Due to a long drought that caused crop failures, State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is expected to conduct rice ...

RI govt earmarks Rp1.7 trillion to overcome drought effects

The government has set aside Rp1.7 trillion to overcome the adverse effects of drought that has hit several parts of ...

RI govt to allocate Rp41.9 trillion for food resilience

The government plans to allocate Rp41.9 trillion for food resilience in 2012, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said ...

Bulog to conduct market operations in several regions

The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is ready to conduct rice market operations in several regions to stabilize ...

Govt earmarks Rp380 bln to anticipate harvest failures

The government is preparing a budget of Rp380 billion as funds to anticipate harvest failures, assist farmers and ...

Food prices not affected by speculators

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said that food prices were not affected by price speculators because the ...

Govt to launch food-for-poor program next year

The on-going government`s rice for the poor (raskin) program may next year include allocation of local foods instead ...

BPS rechecking number of people entitled to cheap rice

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) will recheck the number of families entitled to rice-for-the poor (Raskin) ...

Govt may import rice to strengthen stocks

The government did not rule out the possibility that it would import rice to strengthen national stocks, a minister ...

Rice stocks enough to face fasting month

The government has assured that rice stocks in the face of the fasting month next August were enough with the ...