Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- The government is set to review the benefits provided under the cash-based social-safety-net programmes once a year in keeping with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to make such operations time-befitting for the beneficiaries, sources say.

The decision was made at a high-profile meeting held at the Finance Division recently.

Currently, there are around 95 programmes under the social safety net, and some 21 are cash-based.

The meeting suggested three common methods to bring the benefits under systemic and periodic review.

CPI, Gross National Income (GNI) per capita, and the weighted average of CPI and GNI per capita are expected to be used for the review.

An official suggested using CPI to increase the allowance so th...