A total of 65.5 tonnes of prosperous rice (Rastra) for January 2018 began to be distributed to 6,580 Beneficiary Families (KPM) in Kota Banda Aceh.
Thursday (25/1/2018) this morning, Rastra for Sub Jaya Baru and Kuta King symbolically handed over by Deputy Mayor of Banda Aceh Zainal Arifin to KPM representative in the yard Office of Jaya Baru District.
For both districts, Rastra allocation of 12.3 tons will be distributed to 1,227 KPM for free because it has been fully subsidized by the government. Similarly in seven other districts, each KPM no longer need to redeem the price of Rastra as in previous months pegged Rp 1,600 / Kg.
"The distribution process, this Rastra we will drop in each sub-district to be channeled to gampong where the cost is borne by APBK Banda Aceh. So there is no quote of any cost to the community, "said Zainal Arifin after the handover procession.
Replaced Non-Cash Food Assistance Program
Starting next month, he continued, the central government will implement the program of Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT) in Banda Aceh. Later each KPM will receive a top up of funds worth Rp 110 thousand per month on Kartu Keluarga Sejahtera (KKS), and can shop for some basic needs in e-warung (non-cash stalls).
"So in the future, the conventional distribution of Rastra will be stopped and replaced with this BPNT program. In Banda Aceh alone we have prepared 10 e-stalls spread across nine districts. The community can directly buy basic necessities in this e-shop by showing the KKS card. In accordance with the existing budget, this year only available Rice and Eggs in e-warung. "
Pemko Banda Aceh, he continued again, will continue to socialize this new method through various media including the announcement of mosque, meunasah, dai urban, majelis taklim. "Hopefully with this new system social assistance to the people in need will be more targeted and also appropriate."
"And if there are any residents outside the 6,580 KPM that have not been helped by the BPNT program, then we will return data and if included in the category of poor people listed in Integrated Database (BDT) 2015, then the assistance will be budgeted through APBK Banda Aceh, "concluded the deputy mayor.
Also present at the launching of Bansos Rastra are the Head of Perum Bulog Divre Aceh Basirun, Assistant of Government Privileges and Welfare Bachtiar, Kadinsos Banda Aceh Muzakkir, Head of Adm Economic Affairs M Ridha, and Head of Privileges and Welfare of Banda Aceh Banda Aceh Arie Maula Kafka and the Head of Sub- along with the gampong apparatus in Pemko Banda Aceh neighborhood.
