BSS-13 Chronology of national budgets

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BUDGET-CHRONOLOGY

Chronology of national budgets

DHAKA, June 12, 2019 (BSS) – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to place the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal (FY20) at the Jatiya Sangsad tomorrow.

This will be the country’s 48th budget and the 20th of the Awami League government in five terms while Tajuddin Ahmed presented the first budget as the finance minister of the post-independence Bangabandhu government in 1972.

Following is the chronology of national budgets along with their sizes with amounts being in crores:

Fiscal Who placed Total Size ADP

1972-73 Tajuddin Ahmed Tk 786 Tk 501

1973-74 Tajuddin Ahmed Tk 995 Tk 525

1974-75 Tajuddin Ahmed Tk 1,084 Tk 525

1975-76 Dr Azizur Rahman Mollik Tk 1,549 Tk 950

1976-77 Maj Gen Ziaur Rahman Tk 1,989 Tk 1,222

1977-78 Lt Gen Ziaur Rahman Tk 2,184 Tk 1,278

1978-79 President Ziaur Rahman Tk 2,499 Tk 1,446

1979-80 Dr M N Huda Tk 3,317 Tk 2,123

1980-81 M Saifur Rahman Tk 4,108 Tk 2,700

1981-82 M Saifur Rahman Tk 4,677 Tk 3,015

1982-83 A M A Muhith Tk 4,738 Tk 2,700

1983-84 A M A Muhith Tk 5,896 Tk 3,483

1984-85 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 6,699 Tk 3,896

1985-86 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 7,138 Tk 3,825

1986-87 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 8,504 Tk 4,764

1987-88 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 8,527 Tk 5,046

1988-89 Maj Gen Munim Tk 10,565 Tk 5,315

1989-90 Dr Wahidul Haq Tk 12,703 Tk 5,803

1990-91 Maj Gen Munim Tk 12,960 Tk 5,668

1991-92 M Saifur Rahman Tk 15,584 Tk 7,500

1992-93 M Saifur Rahman Tk 17,607 Tk 9,057

1993-94 M Saifur Rahman Tk 19,050 Tk 9,750

1994-95 M Saifur Rahman Tk 20,948 Tk 11,000

1995-96 M Saifur Rahman Tk 23,170 Tk 12,100

1996-97 SAMS Kibria Tk 24,603 Tk 12,500

1997-98 SAMS Kibria Tk 27,786 Tk 12,800

1998-99 SAMS Kibria Tk 29,537 Tk 13,600

1999-00 SAMS Kibria Tk 34,252 Tk 12,477

2000-01 SAMS Kibria Tk 38,524 Tk 17,500

2001-02 SAMS Kibria Tk 42,306 Tk 19,000

2002-03 M Saifur Rahman Tk 44,854 Tk 19,200

2003-04 M Saifur Rahman Tk 51,980 Tk 20,300

2004-05 M Saifur Rahman Tk 57,248 Tk 22,000

2005-06 M Saifur Rahman Tk 61,058 Tk 23,626

2006-07 M Saifur Rahman Tk 69,740 Tk 26,000

2007-08 Mirza Azizul Islam Tk 99,962 Tk 25,600

2008-09 Mirza Azizul Islam Tk 99,962 Tk 25,400

2009-10 AMA Muhith Tk 113,815 Tk 28,500

2010-11 AMA Muhith Tk 132,170 Tk 35,130

2011-12 AMA Muhith Tk 161,214 Tk 41,080

2012-13 AMA Muhith Tk 191,738 Tk 52,366

2013-14 AMA Muhith Tk 222,491 Tk 60,000

2014-15 AMA Muhith Tk 250,560 Tk 75,000

2015-16 AMA Muhith Tk 295,100 Tk 93,894

2016-17 AMA Muhith Tk 340,605 Tk 1,10,700

2017-18 AMA Muhith Tk 4,00,266 Tk 1,48,381

2018-19 AMA Muhith TK 4,64,573 Tk 1,73,000

AMA Muhith and Saifur Rahman presented the highest 12 budgets each at different terms of their respective governments. Muhith, however, is the first finance minister who placed the budget for 10 consecutive fiscals since 2009 until he went on retirement after the end of last parliament.

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