One cr families to get rice as Eid-ul-Azha assistance

Staff Reporter :
Ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, the government has allocated some 1,00,515 metric tonnes of rice as food assistance under its vulnerable group feeding (VGF) programme for the country’s 1,00,51,500 people, who have VGF cards. Each of the card holders will get 10 kgs of rice under the allocation free of cost.

The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) on Thursday issued a notification allocating the food assistance of the government for the poor and ultra-poor across the country, so that they can celebrate their holy Eid smoothly with their family members.

In the notification, the DDM has asked the authorities concern including the chairmen of union parishads of 492 upazilas and mayors of 329 municipalities across the country to ensure distribution of the assistance within June 20.

It also said that some 87,79,649 card holders of 492 upazilas and 12,53,851 card holders for 329 municipalities of category A, B and C will get the rice.

The people of landless families and those who are dependent on daily income as a labourer, women workers, street beggars, divorcee women and insolvent freedom fighters and disaster affected people will get the benefits.

Meanwhile, the DDM has already sent letters to district Deputy Commissioners (DCs) informing them that a total of 1.515 lakh tonnes of rice allocated for VGF programme to distribute the rice among the poor free of cost, ministry sources said.

According to the allocation conditions, the concerned district commissioners will inform the local parliament members about the allocation for the VGFs.

According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics data of 2016, the list should be prepared by redistributing the number of VGF cards allocated union and ward wise. Demographic information is available by logging on to the website www.bbs.gov.bd.

This assistance should be given to destitute/very poor person/family.

However, priority should be given to the destitute and extremely poor affected by the recent floods and other natural calamities.