Ministry of Social Welfare

The Ministry is prioritizing the overhaul of beneficiary selection through the Family Card and Dynamic Social Registry to eliminate corruption and ensure benefits reach vulnerable populations.

Established 20 January 1972 per Wikipedia infobox (sourced from MoSW); the 9 November 1989 date cited in some documents refers to a departmental reorganisation, not original formation. Minister AZM Zahid Hossain holds the combined Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs portfolio; State Minister Farzana Sharmin Putul (BNP, Natore-1) holds the same dual portfolio -- this is a shared-minister arrangement standard in the BNP cabinet. The annual_budget_bdt field records the Wikipedia-cited FY2024-25 own-ministry budget of Tk 12,807 crore (stored as 1,280,700,000,000 BDT = Tk 12,807 crore); fy_budget_year set to '2024-25' because the FY2025-26 ministry-level total was not directly confirmed from a primary MoF document during this verification (MoF portal timed out); Grant 26 programme-level FY2025-26 allocations are recorded in budget_actions and sourced from the MoF Grant 26 document. The social protection sector-wide allocation for FY2025-26 is Tk 1,16,731 crore (14.78% of national budget), covering all ministries, not MoSW alone. Orphanage capitation grants: approximately Tk 2,500/month per child in ~3,710 registered private orphanages covering 72,000 orphan children under the Orphan and Widow Homes Act 1944 -- no new policy change in the 90-day window. Verification based on 2+ primary sources for all key claims.