Ministry of Social Welfare

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. Activity evidence hold: removed 3 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.