Press conference on data collection for family card program in Kulaura
Kulaura (Moulvibazar) Correspondent
A press conference was held in Kulaura, Moulvibazar, to inform about the nationwide data collection of the 'Family Card' program at the initiative of the Ministry of Social Welfare and the Department of Social Services.
The press conference was organized by the Upazila Administration and Upazila Social Services Office at 2 pm on Monday in Upazila Parishad conference room.
UNO Sanjida Akhter and Upazila Social Services Officer Pranesh Chandra Barma informed the journalists and concerned persons present about the overall plan of the Family Card program, the data collection method and various aspects of the subsequent implementation process.
The concerned officials said that the main objective of this program, organized with the slogan 'Promise to build a self-reliant family', is to collect accurate information about marginalized and disadvantaged families across the country and bring them under the family card program. One of the main objectives of this initiative is to make the families of the country self-reliant through the proper implementation of the family card program and to reach the benefits of various social security programs of the government to the actual beneficiaries.
The concerned officials hope that through this, it will be easier to reach the actual beneficiaries with government assistance. Upazila BNP President Joynal Abedin Bachchu, General Secretary Badruzzaman Sajal, former convener Redwan Khan, former organizing secretary Sufian Ahmed, Upazila Cooperative Officer Sona Mohan Biswas, journalists Md. Moshabbir Ali, Azizul Islam, Nazmul Islam, Nazmul Bari Sohel, Mohi Uddin Ripon, Mayjul Islam, Kefayet Hossain Soleman and others were present at the press conference.
Upazila Social Service Officer Pranesh Chandra Barma said that 140 data collectors and 14 supervisors will be responsible for collecting information on the family card program in 13 unions and 1 municipality of the upazila. Among them, in the first phase, 3 supervisors and 12 data collectors will be responsible for 3 wards of Bhukshimail, Sharifpur and Sadar unions of the upazila.
