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JAKARTA, May 30: Ind-onesia plans to restrict the use of subsidised fuel in a bid to shield the state from surging costs after the government failed to pass a price hike through parliament in March.
The plan, announced late on Tuesday by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, bars vehicles owned by the government, mining and plantation firms from using cheap petrol and comes amid claims subsidies are poorly targeted, benefitting the rich more than the poor.
The proposal will see petrol stations keep electronic records of vehicles and their fuel consumption to assess who is benefitting from the subsidies, Yudhoyono said.—AFP
