One lakh beggars to be rehabilitated

The government plans to rehabilitate one lakh beggars in the next four years under its “Ekti Bari Ekti Khamar” (one house one farm) project.

Steps have been taken to select genuine poor/vagrant/ beggar families to reduce their poverty through income generating activities under the project, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday.

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The government targets to form a permanent fund under the small savings model of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by forming cooperative societies involving these families, he said.

There is also a plan to form 60,515 village development societies by involving 36 lakh poor families, he said.

“We plan to involve the beneficiaries of this project in silk farming. To begin with, we have taken steps to extend this programme to 25 upazilas of 20 districts.”