Social Safety Net

Social Safety Net

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Beneficiaries must use own MFS account to receive social safety net allowance

After June next year, no beneficiary will be able receive allowance through MFS accounts opened with another individual’s phone number 

Poverty rate 19%, safety net coverage 34%. Who are the extras?

Poverty rate 19%, safety net coverage 34%. Who are the extras?

Tk11,295cr cash assistance for 1.28cr poor

Tk11,295cr cash assistance for 1.28cr poor

Next budget business as usual, to see higher interest, subsidy spending

Next budget business as usual, to see higher interest, subsidy spending

Social safety spending to rise Tk1,500cr in FY24

Social safety spending to rise Tk1,500cr in FY24

Wahiduddin Mahmud. Sketch: TBS

Having sufficient reserves, strong social security needed to be safe in bad time

Dr Mustafa K Mujeri. Illustration: TBS

Strengthen social safety net before phasing out subsidies

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Okup demands inclusion of Aids patients under social safety net

Nagad is capable to disburse entire govt allowances, says outgoing DG of social services

Nagad is capable to disburse entire govt allowances, says outgoing DG of social services

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Govt urged to increase social safety net allocation 

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Tk113,576 crore proposed for social safety net programmes

Social safety budget to stay same despite inflation rise

Social safety budget to stay same despite inflation rise

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Monthly Tk1,000 allowance sought for unemployed, poor