The minister revealed the decision on TR and Food for Work (Kajer Binimoye Khadyo - KaBiKha) after a meeting of the Food Planning and Monitoring Committee at the Secretariat on Sunday. The government was providing the poor with 850,000 tonnes of rice and wheat under these programmes annually, according to Qamrul. The minister said the MPs' work will be 'clearer and better' if they get the money worth the food grains. The MPs demanded cash instead of food grains for these projects in Parliament earlier this year. Defending the decision to provide cash, the minister said, "The price of rice will drop naturally once the ultra-poor get the rice (under the new scheme).

Source: bd News24 September 04, 2016 15:22 UTC