Three projects to fight rural poverty, over 145,000 people to benefit

Three projects will be implemented under rural development programmes to create self-employment for rural people and alleviate poverty during the current government's term. A total of 1,180 cooperative societies will be formed under these projects, and 145,556 beneficiaries will benefit, said Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Dr. Abdul Moin Khan.

The local government minister gave this information on Monday (9 November) in the National Parliament session, in reply to a written question from Member of Parliament Md. Nazmul Huda. The session was presided over by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram.

Dr. Abdul Moin Khan said that in the current term of the present government, three projects will be implemented under rural development programmes with the aim of creating self-employment for the country's rural population and alleviating poverty.

A total of 1,180 cooperative societies will be formed under these projects. Through them, 145,556 beneficiaries will benefit.

The first project is 'Ensuring sustainable employment for the backward population of Khulna Division through cooperatives for skill development'. Under this project, the skills of the backward population of Khulna Division will be developed to ensure their sustainable employment.

The second project is 'Women's skill development and entrepreneurship creation through cooperatives'. Under this project, women's skills will be developed through cooperatives to build them up as entrepreneurs.

The third project is 'Technical and language skill development for creating skilled human resources through cooperatives'. Through this project, skilled human resources will be created by improving technical and language skills.

The minister said the government is working to create self-employment for the rural population and alleviate poverty by implementing these projects.