Failed LPG Subsidy
The plan to directly subsidize three-kilogram LPG cylinders will be met with another delay due to a slipshod non-cash assistance program.
December 18, 2017
News of a delay in the plan to expand the recipient group for non-cash food assistance (BPNT) prompted Harya Adityawarman to move quickly, although the BPNT naturally falls outside the authority of the energy ministry's director of downstream oil and gas. An increased BPNT, however, directly impacts the closed subsidy plan for three-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders, nicknamed 'melon gas' for the cylinder's green color. "We're preparing
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