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  SANGSAD BHABAN, Feb 11, 2024 (BSS) - State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Mohibbur Rahman today said a

Scaling up public food distribution programmes for the poor and the vulnerable is the need of the hour -- given the cost of living crisis. But the government seems to be shying away from stepping up to this task.

Around 16 lakh more elderly citizens, widows, and people with disabilities are likely to get government benefits from next fiscal year. The amount of the cash allowance will be the Tk 500 per month received by current beneficiaries, said finance ministry sources, adding that the government is set to expand the social safety net coverage in the upcoming budget. Over eight lakh

The current stock of food grain is at its lowest in the last few years. Both the cabinet committee on economic affairs and purchase approved a number of proposals in the past three months to import a total of 15.5 lakh tonnes of rice under government-to-government (G-to-G) arrangement and through international tenders. The latest move to import rice came yesterday, when the two cabinet committees approved two proposals to import 1.5 lakh tonnes of rice from India. During yesterday's cabinet meetings, chaired by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, the cabinet committee on economic affairs appr...

In the wake of depleting food stock and sluggish public procurement of foodgrains, the government has started providing cash instead of rice and wheat to implement its Test Relief and Food for Work programmes. Those who carry out tasks such as repair of roads, drains and culverts under the schemes will get cash till the end of the current fiscal year, food ministry officials told this newspaper yesterday. Every year, the government takes up rural infrastructure development schemes meant for creating temporary employment opportunities for the poor. It allocates three to four lakh tonnes of ric...