100-day programme begins today
The 100-day employment- generation programme for the hardcore poor, seasonal unemployed people and marginalised farmers gets off across the country today to help them out of lean-time penury.
Names of around a million seasonal unemployed have already been registered in 64 districts and some 1.59 lakh projects have been selected for providing them with work.
The caretaker government has undertaken the budgetary measure for employment generation for extreme poor, including marginalised farmers, of rural areas, river erosion-and monga-affected and seasonal unemployed people of the country's haor and char areas.
Each of the beneficiaries under the recipe will get Tk 100 a day for work under the scheme.
“Registered unemployed people are being issued cards after enlisting,” said an official announcement yesterday.
“If the registered unemployed people could not be given appropriate job within 15 days after issuance of cards, they will get unemployment allowance. In such a case, they will get Tk 40 daily for first 30 days and Tk 50 daily for the rest of the period,” said the announcement.
The programme will last 100 days and complete in two phases -- from September to November and from March to April. Projects have been selected by giving importance to work related to agricultural production.
UNB correspondent in Pirojpur, quoting Relief and Disaster Management Ministry joint secretary M Abdul Wazed, also the Programme Director of the employment-generation venture, said the ministry has allocated Tk 2,000 crore during the current fiscal to finance the programme.
The official, however, said 20 lakh cards have been distributed in 64 districts under the programme. Around Tk 1,200 crore has already been sent to the Deputy Commissioners of 64 districts.
Of the total 20 lakh cards, Dhaka division gets 542,820 while Rajshahi division 656,520, Chittagong division 321,680, Khulna division 219,400, Sylhet division 117,400 and Barisal division 142,180 cards.
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