{"id":58485,"date":"2020-04-16T15:20:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58485"},"modified":"2020-04-16T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:20:37","slug":"govt-to-issue-50-lakh-more-ration-cards-during-pandemic-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58485","title":{"rendered":"Govt to issue 50 lakh more ration cards during pandemic: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday announced to bring 50 lakh more poor people under the government\u2019s ration card facilities to provide them with rice at Taka 10 per kilogram to mitigate their sufferings created in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, 50 lakh extreme poor and distressed people are getting rice at Taka 10 per kg under the government\u2019s ration card facilities. We\u2019ve taken a decision to bring 50 lakh more such people under the facilities to minimise their hardship in the current situation that has emerged due to the COVID-19 outbreak,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The prime minister made the announcement in her introductory speech while interacting with the public representatives and officials of nine districts of Dhaka division on the present coronavirus situation, through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital this morning.<\/p>\n

Sheikh Hasina said in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the government started selling rice at Taka 10 per kg among the poor and distressed people who have no ration cards.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut problems are being created for distributing rice (in this way) and we\u2019ve postponed the programme for the time being as some incidents happened regarding it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The premier added: \u201cSo, we\u2019ve directed the authorities concerned to prepare a list of 50 lakh poor and distressed people who will be brought under the new ration card facilities by excluding those having ration cards and are already getting benefits of social safety net programmes.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this connection, Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned to make the list of those people who truly need assistance in this critical time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday announced to bring 50 lakh more poor people under the government\u2019s ration card facilities to provide them with rice at Taka 10 per kilogram to mitigate their sufferings created in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. \u201cCurrently, 50 lakh extreme poor and distressed people are getting rice at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n