Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday told the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that the government has taken necessary steps to formulate action plans for the next 180 days, the upcoming fiscal year and the next five years to implement its election pledges.
"All ministries/divisions are taking necessary initiatives to formulate action plans for the next 180 days, the next fiscal year, and the next 5 years to implement the government's election commitments," he said.
The premier said this while replying to a starred question from treasury bench lawmaker from Sylhet-2 constituency Tahsina Rushdir in the House with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed in the chair.
Tarique Rahman, also ruling BNP chairman, said that notable progress has already been made in implementing several important pledges outlined in the manifesto.
To ensure protection for marginal and low-income families, he said, the government has launched the 'Family Card' programme on a pilot basis, covering 37,814 women-head families in 15 wards across 13 districts.
He said the government has also taken initiative to introduce 'Farmer Card' to ensure comprehensive support for farmers, adding that initially, the pilot programme will be carried out in 11 blocks under 11 upazilas in 10 districts across eight divisions through the Department of Agricultural Extension.
In addition, the premier said, agricultural loans up to Taka 10,000 for farmers in crop, livestock and fisheries sectors have already been waived to fulfill the election pledge.
As part of the government's election pledges, he said, ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, honorarium allowances have been disbursed to a total of 9,102 beneficiaries, including 3,295 imams, 2,975 muezzins and 2,604 khadems of mosques, 114 Hindu priests and 83 sebaits, and 15 Buddhist priests and 16 deputy priests through their bank accounts.
On healthcare, the Prime Minister said a project is awaiting approval to issue 25 lakh e-health cards in Khulna district under a pilot programme.
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