JS body seeks to incorporate more poor areas in NSP

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Youth and Sports yesterday suggested incorporation of more impoverished areas under the National Service Programme (NSP) meant for providing temporary employment to youths, reports BSS. "The committee asked the ministry to place a proposal before the cabinet seeking to incorporate under the programme more upazilas which remained the below poverty lines according to the poverty map," a parliamentary secretariat statement said today. The NSP was introduced in 2010 in line with ruling Awami League's electoral manifesto to provide temporary employment to the unemployed youths who passed SSC to above in the age group of 15-35 to ensure their involvement in national building activities. The programme is now in operation in 20 impoverished upazilas involving 1500 youths who were imparted training for three months with a stipend of Tk 100 per day.
But the standing committee recommendations came at its 18th meeting presided over by its chairman Mohammad Zahid Ahsan Russel. The meeting also asked the ministry to publish the list of youths who took part in the training programme form the Directorate of Sports & Youth Affairs. Committee members - state minister for youth and sports Dr Shree Biren Shikder, Golam Faruk Khandaker Prince, Mohammad Mahbub Ali, Mohammad Nurul Islam Talukder and Begum Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury, senior officials of the concerned ministry were present in the meeting.

 

JS body seeks to incorporate more poor areas in NSP

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Youth and Sports yesterday suggested incorporation of more impoverished areas under the National Service Programme (NSP) meant for providing temporary employment to youths, reports BSS. The committee asked the ministry to place a proposal before the cabinet seeking to incorporate under the programme more upazilas which remained the below poverty lines according to the poverty map, a parliamentary secretariat statement said today. The NSP was introduced in 2010 in line with ruling Awami Leagues electoral manifesto to provide temporary employment to the unemployed youths who passed SSC to above in the age group of 15-35 to ensure their involvement in national building activities. The programme is now in operation in 20 impoverished upazilas involving 1500 youths who were imparted training for three months with a stipend of Tk 100 per day. But the standing committee recommendations came at its 18th meeting presided over by its chairman Mohammad Zahid Ahsan Russel. The meeting also asked the ministry to publish the list of youths who took part in the training programme form the Directorate of Sports Youth Affairs. Committee members - state minister for youth and sports Dr Shree Biren Shikder, Golam Faruk Khandaker Prince, Mohammad Mahbub Ali, Mohammad Nurul Islam Talukder and Begum Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury, senior officials of the concerned ministry were present in the meeting.