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Central Management Committee on Social Protection

parliamentary_committee · partial (verified 2026-05-17)

Profile

Head
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Role
Chairperson (Cabinet Secretary)
Annual budget
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Staff
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Established
2015
Legal basis
Cabinet approval of the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) on 1 June 2015; Central Monitoring Committee for Social Safety Net Programmes mandated by Cabinet meeting of 10 September 2012; reformed and renamed as Central Management Committee (CMC) on Social Protection under Cabinet Division for NSSS implementation

Transitioning from the NSSS Action Plan Phase II (2021-2026) to a next-generation National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS) post-2026; FY2025-26 budget for social protection stood at Tk1,16,731 crore (14.78% of national budget, 1.87% of GDP); number of SSN programmes consolidated from 140 in FY2024-25 to 95 in FY2025-26; BNP Tarique Rahman government (sworn 17 February 2026) has not yet publicly convened a new CMC meeting or reconstituted the committee; no verified CMC or NSSC session documented since 20th CMC meeting of February 2025.

Recent activity

Provenance & notes

NAMING CLARIFICATION: Verified primary sources (socialprotection.gov.bd, Cabinet Division, UNDP, DFAT/DFID programme documents) consistently identify the apex NSSS coordination body as the 'Central Management Committee (CMC) on Social Protection' chaired by the Cabinet Secretary -- NOT a 'National Social Security Council' chaired by the Prime Minister. The slug 'national-social-security-council' is retained per the task brief, but the entity name and acronym reflect the verified documented body. No primary source confirms the existence of a PM-chaired 'National Social Security Council' (NSSC) as a formally constituted separate body above the CMC. The NSSS 2015 document and all implementation records reference the CMC as the apex coordination mechanism. CURRENT HEAD: Dr Sheikh Abdur Rashid was Cabinet Secretary from October 2024 (replacing Md Mahbub Hossain); he chaired the 20th CMC meeting in February 2025. Under the BNP Tarique Rahman government (sworn 17 February 2026), a new Cabinet Secretary may have been appointed; no confirmed name change was documented in sources reviewed as of 17 May 2026 -- current_head is set to null pending verification. HEAD_SINCE is null for same reason. PROGRAMME COUNT: ranged from 118 (FY2017-18) to 140 (FY2024-25); consolidated to 95 in FY2025-26. The '~130' figure in the task brief is a reasonable mid-period approximation but not a single verified number. WEBSITE: socialprotection.gov.bd is the joint Cabinet Division-GED SSPS programme site, which is the primary online home for NSSS governance documentation; no standalone 'NSSC' website exists. RECENT ACTIVITY: No CMC meeting or NSSC session is documented in press or official records for the Feb-May 2026 window under the BNP government; activity_score reflects this gap. The 32nd Advisers Council Committee meeting (25 Jan 2026) was under the outgoing interim government of Muhammad Yunus.

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