Makassar, S Sulawesi, Oct. 26 -- State-owned food logistics company Perum Bulog is ready to distribute rice aid to 33.2 million beneficiaries across Indonesia for October-December 2026.

"Distribution is still awaiting beneficiary data from the Social Affairs Ministry," President Director Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani said in a statement received in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi Province, on Sunday.

Bulog has received the government's assignment letter for the third phase of the aid program and has prepared the rice stocks and packaging needed for distribution.

"The assignment letter has been issued. The rice and packaging are ready. We are just waiting for the beneficiary names from the Social Affairs Ministry," he said.

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