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CHUADANGA, Aug 21, 2025 (BSS) – The government has launched a monthly programme to distribute 30 kg of free rice under the Vulnerable Women Benefit (VWB) Card among 6,624 distressed women in 40 unions of the district.

The Chuadanga District Women Affairs Office under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has started the rice distribution programme.

The monthly allocation of rice for the four upazilas in the district is 198.72 tonnes.

Under the VWB programme, cards have been distributed among 6,624 women in four upazilas of the district. Of them, 1,357 women are in Sadar upazila, 1,500 in Alamdanga upazila, 2,511 in Damurhuda upazila and 1,256 in Jibonnagar upazila.

The programme beginning in July this year will continue till June 2027.

Under the 24-month-long programme, extremely poor mothers, widows, women with disabilities, abandoned wives, and school going poor girls will receive 30 kg of rice free of cost, said Chuadanga District Women Affairs Officer (In-Charge) Maksura Jannat.