Jakarta, Sept. 4 -- Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian stated that the government has accelerated the distribution of Food Supply and Price Stabilization (SPHP) rice to 214 regencies and cities where rice prices exceeded the highest retail price (HET).

This measure is a form of government intervention aimed at suppressing price hikes while maintaining a stable rice supply.

"There is indeed government intervention, namely the distribution of SPHP rice, to stabilize food supply and prices," the Minister said in a statement received in Jakarta on Thursday.

According to Tito, the distribution of SPHP rice and 10-kg rice packages is the government's key instrument for controlling rice prices.

He noted that this policy is beginning to sho...