A total of 600 disadvantage families in Tungipara of the district received Eid gifts from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
On behalf of Prime minister, her nephew Sheikh Sharhan Naser Tonmoy, MP, distributed the gifts at a function held at Upazila Awami League office on Thursday.
The gifts included Sari, Lungi, panjabi, sugar, Shemai, Kismis, milk, rice, lentil, oil and various spices.
Tungipara upazila AL President Sheikh Abul Bashar Khaiyer chaired the function. Upazila unit AL Secretary Md Babul Sheikh, municipality mayor Sheikh Tozammel Haque Tutul, district leader Badrul Alam, Tungipara AL leaders Md Elias Hossain and Sheikh Jahangir Hossain were present, among others.
The prime minister will inaugurate the distribution activity.
In 2020, during the general holiday, the government took an initiative to provide assistance to 50 lakhs unemployed poor Tk2,500 each. However, due to irregularities in compiling the list of the poor, it was possible to disburse the money to about 35 lakh families.
According to the Bangladesh Bank, out of the 35 lakh poor, about four lakh poor could not withdraw their assistance due to inactive PIN of Mobile Financial Services, amounting to more than Tk101 crore.
The procedures will be followed this time too although there are doubts about whether they will be able to avail on it.
in 2021, the government took up an initiative to provide cash assistance to 50 lakh poor families through MSF providers Nagad, bKash, Rocket and SureCash.
With the closure of SureCash, the remaining three operators will distribute this year’s cash incentive to 33,34,911 households. The distribution of the money will be completed to all of the beneficiaries ahead of the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, officials concerned said.
They further added that the families who were given assistance through Nagad, bKash and rocket last year will get this year’s incentive through the same operator. However, the families who received assistance through SureCash last time will get the money from one of the three other operators in 2021.
