51.20 lakh beneficiaries under social safety net
BSS
State Minister for Social Welfare Nuruzzaman Ahmed yesterday said 51.20 lakh beneficiaries, including physically challenged persons, have been brought under social safety net and food security programmes in 2016-17 fiscal year, reports BSS.
The Ministry of Social Welfare has undertaken various programmes for ensuring social safety and food security for 51.20 lakh people across the country in 2016-17 fiscal year, he said while replying to a starred question from treasury bench member A K M Jahangir Hossain of Patuakhali-3 in the Jatiya Sangsad.
The state minister said the programmes included old-aged allowance, allowances for widow and women tortured by their husbands, insolvent disabled allowance and stipend for physically challenged students.
In 2016-17, some 31,50,000 people have got old-aged allowance, 11,50,000 got widow allowance, 7,50,000 people got insolvent disabled allowance and 70,000 physically disabled students were awarded education stipend.
