Safety net

Safety net

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Tk35,708cr set for expanded safety net for FY27

Besides, the government is increasing both the number of beneficiaries and the allowances under various cash transfer schemes for poor and vulnerable groups. Also, food-friendly programmes are...

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Only 20% of eligible indigenous people enlisted in social safety nets: TIB

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Elderly care gets biggest share in lifecycle-based safety net

Govt to revise safety net list – remove ineligible beneficiaries, add new ones

Govt to revise safety net list – remove ineligible beneficiaries, add new ones

Imams, muezzins, priests to get social safety net: Cabinet Division

Imams, muezzins, priests to get social safety net: Cabinet Division

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Principles of budget should be to simplify people's lives through taming inflation: Economists

How govt will expand safety net in a time of financial crunch in next budget

How govt will expand safety net in a time of financial crunch in next budget

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Jobs and wages shrank. Time to increase safety net

Safety net expands but who gets the most of it?

Safety net expands but who gets the most of it?

A list of the poor urgent to stop misuse of safety net funds

A list of the poor urgent to stop misuse of safety net funds

Slow pace in low-income groups’ stimulus loan disbursement

Slow pace in low-income groups’ stimulus loan disbursement

After easing of costly Covid-19 lockdowns, US retailers have found new troubles, as nationwide protests rage following the death of the African-American George Floyd. Photo: Collected

Racism is the reason the US safety net is so weak