In the proposed budget for FY2027, the social safety net budget allocation, excluding pension and agricultural subsidy, stood at 8.7 per cent of the budget and 1.20 per cent of the GDP. There are 48 programmes as ‘Pro-Poor’ in the FY2027 budget document with a total allocation of BDT 56,229.50 crore or 38.69 per cent of the total SSNP budget. Both Family card and Farmer card programmes remain vulnerable to the politically driven targeting risks historically prevalent in Bangladesh’s social protection system.

Authors: Afrin Mahbub, Anindita Islam and Sadia Afrin
Publication Period: June 2026