Illegal Levies in the Soaring Price of Rice
Monday, March 4, 2024
The distribution of cheap rice is rife with problems. Unauthorized levies are causing prices to soar.
CHEAP rice seems to have disappeared from the markets in Bangkalan Regency, East Java. Djunaidie, Chairman of the Bangkalan Regency Rice Millers and Rice Entrepreneurs Association (Perpadi), said that in January and February, only 50 tons of cheap rice were included in the Food Supply and Price Stabilization Program (SPHP) of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog). This is only a fraction of the regency’s monthly rice consumption of at lea
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