Jakarta, April 6 -- Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian stated that monthly inflation (month-to-month) in three disaster-affected provinces in Sumatra has shown improvement as the distribution of goods and services recovers.

He noted that this improvement indicates that efforts to normalize social and economic infrastructure have contributed positively to supply availability and the control of basic commodity prices.

"This means that the ongoing efforts to normalize Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra in controlling the prices of goods and services have been quite effective, as more supplies are now coming in," he said during the Inflation Control Coordination Meeting in Jakarta on Monday.

Karnavian explained that West Sumatra and A...