Jakarta, July 4 -- Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Yuliot Tanjung has said that the government is planning to fix a single national tariff for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in 3 kilogram packaging.

"The single-price LPG 3kg will be decided by the central government. If it is determined by the regional government, there will be price differences," he explained on Friday.

According to Tanjung, the policy is aimed at ensuring fairness in each region and supporting the underprivileged.

He said that the government will be responsible for supervising the single-price policy, especially price monitoring at the retailer level.

He informed that the task of supervising single-price fuel oil has been assigned to the Downst...