BSS, Rangpur :
A total of 1,921 new beneficiaries of 33 wards in angpur City Corporation (RpCC) will get old age and disability allowances with Tk 500 per month each from the current fiscal year.
The information was disclosed at a joint meeting of RpCC and City Social Service Office of the Department of Social Services at conference room of RpCC in the city on Sunday.
Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa presided over the meeting participated by City Councilors from all wards, officials and employees concerned of RpCC and City Social Service Office.
Panel Mayors Shamsul Haque and Mahmudur Rahman Titu, Chief Executive Officer of RpCC Akhter Hossain Azad, its Secretary Abu Saleh Md Musa Jongi, City Social Service Officer Shafikul Islam Paikar, among others, addressed.
The meeting decided to enlist new 1,227 older citizens and 694 physically challenged people of the city under old age and disability allowance programmes of the Department of Social Services from current fiscal year.
“Each of the selected older citizen and disabled persons will get Tk 500 per month allowance from the current fiscal year and onwards under the government’s social safety net programmers,” said City Social Service Officer Shafikul Islam Paikar.
A total of 1,921 new beneficiaries of 33 wards in angpur City Corporation (RpCC) will get old age and disability allowances with Tk 500 per month each from the current fiscal year.
The information was disclosed at a joint meeting of RpCC and City Social Service Office of the Department of Social Services at conference room of RpCC in the city on Sunday.
Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa presided over the meeting participated by City Councilors from all wards, officials and employees concerned of RpCC and City Social Service Office.
Panel Mayors Shamsul Haque and Mahmudur Rahman Titu, Chief Executive Officer of RpCC Akhter Hossain Azad, its Secretary Abu Saleh Md Musa Jongi, City Social Service Officer Shafikul Islam Paikar, among others, addressed.
The meeting decided to enlist new 1,227 older citizens and 694 physically challenged people of the city under old age and disability allowance programmes of the Department of Social Services from current fiscal year.
“Each of the selected older citizen and disabled persons will get Tk 500 per month allowance from the current fiscal year and onwards under the government’s social safety net programmers,” said City Social Service Officer Shafikul Islam Paikar.
