BSS, Dhaka :
The government is broadening its social security projects gradually as about 75 lakh disadvantaged people have been brought under the safety net programme aiming to alleviate poverty in the country.
“The number of the beneficiaries is increasing gradually…Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will make Bangladesh a poverty- and hunger-free country,” an official of Department of Social Services (DSS) told BSS.
He said the government allocated Taka 54,206 crore for allowances to old-aged people, widows, women repressed by husbands and insolvent physically challenged people aimed at alleviating poverty in the country.
“Poverty in Bangladesh has dramatically reduced following inclusive growth strategy under the bold and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” the official said.
The government is broadening its social security projects gradually as about 75 lakh disadvantaged people have been brought under the safety net programme aiming to alleviate poverty in the country.
“The number of the beneficiaries is increasing gradually…Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will make Bangladesh a poverty- and hunger-free country,” an official of Department of Social Services (DSS) told BSS.
He said the government allocated Taka 54,206 crore for allowances to old-aged people, widows, women repressed by husbands and insolvent physically challenged people aimed at alleviating poverty in the country.
“Poverty in Bangladesh has dramatically reduced following inclusive growth strategy under the bold and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” the official said.
