Over 2.32 crore poor and extreme poor people across the country are being benefitted from the present government’s ‘Amar Bari Amar Khamar’ (ABAK) project, one of the 10 priority initiatives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Ektee Bari Ektee Khamar (EBEK), designed for bringing country’s poverty rate at zero level, has got momentum after refreshing the project as ‘Amar Bari Amar Khamar (ABAK)’ aimed at attaining SDGs by 2030. The project has been playing a vital role to make the poor people self-reliant,” ABAK Project Director Akber Hossain told BSS.
The government renamed the ‘Ektee Bari Ektee Khamar’ project as ‘Amar Bari Amar Khamar’ after assuming office in January this year with a view to making the rural people, particularly the poor, self-dependent and bringing them to the mainstream of development.
Under the project, Akber Hossain said, a total of 1,05,254 Village Development Associations (VDAs) have been formed across the country from which about 46.43 lakh families are getting benefits. The beneficiaries have deposited over Taka 1,705.95 crore till September 12, 2019 and the government has provided Taka 1,494.19 crore as grant under the project, he said.
He informed that over 16 lakh household farms have so far been established across the country. The figure is expected to reach 20 lakh by June 2020.
Through the project, Akber Hossain said, the government is assisting capital formation of the poor families, sharpening their skills through training and motivation.
