Under the social safety net program of the Social Welfare Ministry, 7.93 million poor and distressed people are receiving various types of allowances and education stipends in the fiscal year 2019-20, reports BSS.
Among 4.4 million elderly people and 1.7 million widows, destitute women, who are depriving supports of their husbands, each beneficiary is getting Tk 500 as allowance, an official release said.
A total of 1.55 million are being given Tk 750 each per month as disabled allowance while 100,000 disabled children are getting education stipend from Tk 750 to 1300 each per month.
Each of Primary, secondary, higher-secondary and graduation/post-graduation students are being given stipends of Tk 700, 800, 1,000 and 1,300 per month respectively.
Besides, 100,000 children raised in private orphanages are also getting capitation grant of 2000 per month and 50,000 elderly bedes (snake charmers) and old-age people of underprivileged group are receiving special allowance of 500.
Around 2,600 transgender people are receiving allowance of Tk 600 per month while 25,900 children of bede and underprivileged section and 1,247 transgender children’s are getting special stipends.