Garment workers protesting for better pay, Bangladesh just rolled out a subsidized rice program.
Workers can now buy rice at 30 taka per kilogram (up to 10kg a month) to help ease the pinch on their wallets.
Garment workers demand 30,000 taka monthly
The discounted rice is available in key industrial areas where protests have halted work in over 200 factories.
To get the deal, workers need their factory ID and must sign in at purchase.
These protests are all about pushing for a big jump in minimum monthly wages, from 12,500 taka ($100) to 30,000 taka ($240), in an industry that employs over four million people and drives most of Bangladesh's exports.