Bappenas: more people choose to smoke instead of home

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Minister of National Development Planning / Bappenas Chief, Bambang Brodjonegoro, said that controlling inflation is a way for the government to reduce poverty [19659002]. "The key is the prevention of inflation, especially on the products that contribute the most to the expenses of poor families," Bambang said in his office on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Bambang said that the main staple in control for rural people is rice.

"The rice is 27%, so baseball can increase, once its influence directly by 27% .The second figure is other foods like vegetables and fruits," he added. .

cigarettes is a factor that causes the rise in the poverty rate. Kretek's filter contributes 10.21%

"This does not mean that the solution should not raise the price of cigarettes, the cigarette portion should be reduced," said Bambang, the rise in cigarette prices is higher at the price of housing. (19659008) "People care more about cigarettes than having a house You're more likely to rain than smoking in baseball," he said.

Bambang mentioned other products that affect the poverty rate is the essence, chicken eggs, crystallized sugar, instant noodles, chicken meat

"So, if we let's look at one of the categories of poverty, that is the core product inflation that must exist in the family family.Healthier is the cause, the control of the family. inflation number one, "he said.

Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) recorded filter cigarettes as the largest consumer cigarettes both contributors to the poverty line in Indonesia

It is known from the March 2018 poverty profile that the poverty line (GK) is indicated by urban and rural areas

Three main food items contribute to poverty: clove and chicken egg filter. Overall, the percentage of Indonesian poverty in March 2018 reached its lowest level since 1999, at 9.82%, equivalent to 25.95 million inhabitants. poor. This position is reduced by 633.2 thousand people compared to the last position of 26.58 million poor people in September 2017.