Jakarta, Feb. 15 -- National Food Agency (Bapanas) Head Arief Prasetyo Adi stated that the distribution of rice assistance had been resumed on Thursday after being earlier suspended on February 8-14, 2024, due to the 2024 General Elections.

"After yesterday's election day, starting from today, we have continued the rice food assistance (distribution)," he noted in a Bapanas statement here on Thursday.

He made the statement after accompanying President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who was checking rice stocks at the Cipinang Central Rice Market (PIBC) in Jakarta.

Adi highlighted that the rice assistance of 10 kilograms targeting 22 million beneficiary families is part of the government's intervention to maintain stability in food prices, especi...