Antara News·Indonesia·Monday, November 9, 2026 at 05:47 AM UTC

Coordinating Minister and Bulog distribute food aid in Medan

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M Sahbainy N, Fauzul Azhim Bin Fakhrurazi

Medan (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan (Zulhas), together with the North Sumatra Regional Office of Perum Bulog, distributed food aid in the form of rice to beneficiary families in Medan City, North Sumatra.

Zulhas said the food aid consists of 30 kilograms of rice for each beneficiary family for the October to December 2026 allocation.

“The food aid is given to families classified in deciles one to four,” he said while speaking to journalists in Medan on Monday.

He said the food aid program is nationally allocated for 33.2 million beneficiary families, with a total requirement of around one million tons of rice.

He further said that beneficiary families who have not yet received the aid can visit a Bulog office to obtain the distribution.

“If Bulog has not yet had the chance to distribute it, beneficiary families can show their decile one to four card,” he said.

In addition to food aid, the government is also distributing around one million tons of rice nationwide through the Food Supply and Price Stabilization (SPHP) program as an effort to maintain rice price stability in the market.

To that end, Bulog ensures that the selling price of SPHP rice complies with the highest retail price (HET) set by the government, Rp13,100 per kilogram on the market.

North Sumatra Regional Office Head of Perum Bulog, R. Darma Wijaya, said his side is ready to support the implementation of the rice food aid program.

“For today’s distribution, there are 100 beneficiary families. Meanwhile, the total number of food aid recipients in North Sumatra reaches around 1.7 million beneficiary families,” he said.

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