The poor have no food on their plates. Yet thousands of crores of taka are being spent just to identify them. Of this amount, the Ministry of Social Welfare will spend Tk17.94 billion on a survey to identify poor people. Another project under the Finance Division will spend Tk2.16 billion on the same task and create a “Dynamic Social Registry.”The Social Welfare Ministry’s project will identify 13.5 million disadvantaged people. A “Family Smart Card” will also be introduced. However, hundreds of...
