The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Isalam yesterday proposed allocation of Tk 2,000 crore in the 2008-09 fiscal budget to create job for 20 lakh unemployed poor in the rural areas under the Social Safety-Net Scheme.

The new programme titled 100 Days Employment Generation will be designed as an employment guarantee scheme for the unemployed, the Adviser said in his budget speech.

The Advisor said the 100 Days Employment Generation Programme will ensure employment of the rural unemployed poor across the country for at least 100 days during the whole year, particularly from mid-October to mid-January and mid-March to mid-May periods.