Yogyakarta (ANTARA) – The government of Yogyakarta city is distributing fuel cash assistance (BLT BBM) sourced from its regional budget (APBD) to 3,420 beneficiary families in the city.
“Cash assistance (provided) due to rising fuel prices sourced from the Yogyakarta city regional budget is intended for poor families who have not received any social assistance,” head of the Yogyakarta City Social Workforce and Transmigration Office, Maryustion Tonang, said here on Tuesday.
The data of the 3,420 beneficiary families has been verified and compared with data on target families for social protection insurance (KSJPS) , integrated social welfare data (DTKS) as well as data on recipients of other social assistance programs, such as the Family Hope Program (PKH), staple goods assistance, and fuel cash assistance from the central government.
Therefore, Tonang assured that those who have received fuel cash assistance sourced from the state budget (APBN) will not receive fuel cash assistance sourced from the regional budget.
“The hope is the social assistance distribution can be right on target,” he added. The government of Yogyakarta city is working with post offices to distribute the assistance.
The distribution was carried out on Tuesday at two post offices, namely Yogyakarta Post Office and Muja-Muju Post Office.
Under the assistance program, each beneficiary family is receiving Rp600 thousand as a one-time payment.
Acting Mayor of Yogyakarta, Sumadi, expressed the hope that the assistance can support the community in meeting their daily needs.
He said that the assistance is proof of the regional government’s presence in facing various impacts of the increase in fuel prices.
The Indonesian government, on September 3, raised the price of subsidized Pertalite fuel from Rp7,650 per liter to Rp10 thousand per liter; subsidized diesel from Rp5,150 per liter to Rp6,800 per liter; and non-subsidized Pertamax from Rp12,500 to Rp14,500 per liter.
Source: Antara News