Jakarta, Feb. 4 -- The Indonesian government will soon distribute rice and cooking oil assistance to 33.2 million beneficiary families nationwide as part of government efforts to stabilise food prices and protect household purchasing power, the head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) said on Tuesday.

Bapanas Chief Andi Amran Sulaiman told lawmakers during a meeting with Commission IV of the House of Representatives (DPR) in Jakarta that the assistance programme is a key policy tool to cushion consumers from price volatility.

"Each beneficiary family will receive 10 kilograms of rice and two litres of cooking oil per month, with distribution handled by state logistics firm Bulog," Sulaiman said, outlining the basic structure of the ai...