PORTALJABAR, BANDUNG CITY - The West Java Provincial Government will ensure that stocks and prices of basic necessities are maintained ahead of the 2024 Christmas and 2025 New Year (Nataru) holidays. This aims to keep inflation under control during Nataru.
This was conveyed by the Regional Secretary of West Java Province, Herman Suryatman, when attending the High Level Meeting of the Regional Inflation Control Team (TPID) and the Regional Digitalization Acceleration and Expansion Team (TP2DD) throughout West Java at the Trans Luxury Hotel, Bandung City, Wednesday ( 11/12/2024 ).

"We just held a high-level meeting. So this is a meeting of the regional inflation control team related to anticipating Christmas and New Year," said Herman.

"We work together to anticipate so that inflation at the end of the year until the beginning of the year is controlled in accordance with the policies outlined by the government that inflation must be maintained," he added.

During the event, Herman advised regional heads in West Java that inflation could be controlled if all parties worked together to control the prices of basic necessities.

"We ask especially the regents and mayors to maintain inflation and actually to maintain this inflation through mutual cooperation. Ensure supplies are available especially for basic necessities," he said.

"Important staples such as rice, shallots, garlic, cooking oil and so on must be available in 27 cities and regencies, the reach is not only in the cities and regencies. So it must reach remote areas but the price must also be affordable," he added.

To ensure that staple food prices are maintained even in remote villages, Herman said the West Java Provincial Government has prepared a digital platform called Silinda.

"We from the West Java Provincial Government have prepared a digital platform to facilitate communication called Silinda, the Silinda digital platform, so every day the dynamics, the price and availability dynamics are entered from 27 districts and cities," he said.