Latest Family Card programme News & Updates

New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Bangladesh’s launch of the Family Card programme, promising 2,500 (in local currency) monthly allowance for vulnerable families risks serious fiscal strain and may doom its overburdened social‑welfare system, a new report has said.Bangladesh’s tax‑to‑GDP ratio, one of the lowest in the world and inflexible commitments in its national budget, including debt interest and power subsidies, leave little room for a new recurring commitment, said a report from Banglad…