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BUDGET-DISCUSSION-TWO-LAST
Considering the pace of the ongoing development of the country, Liberation
Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq said the country will reach to a prosperous
country before the stipulated timeframe under the leadership of Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina.
On the welfare activities of the government for the veteran freedom
fighters, Huq said the government has allocated Taka 2200 crore for the
insolvent freedom fighters, saying that each insolvent freedom fighter will
get Taka 15 lakh.
He urged the government to remove all the graves including former president
Ziaur Rahman from the Jatiya Sangsad area.
Terming the budget as a philosophy of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, chief
whip Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury said the country will be a prosperous country if
the budget of such ideology could be implemented.
Welcoming the proposed budget, State Minister of Labour and Employment
Monnujan Sufian said the government has proposed an outlay of Taka 5,23,190
crore in 2019-20 fiscal for keeping continuous development of the country.
Bitterly criticizing the critics of some quarters on the proposed budget,
Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affair Bir Bahadur U Shwe Sing said the
proposed budget does not spare any communities of people and any region of
the country.
Recalling the peace agreement in the Chittagong Hill Tracts the CHT
minister said once upon a time the budgetary allocation for the region was
Taka 50-60 crore and now the allocation has crossed Taka thousand crore.
Terming the budget as smart one, State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid
Ahsan Russel said, “the budget has earmarked Taka 100 crore startup fund for
the youth entrepreneurs and the concerned youth and sports ministry has taken
up necessary programmes for providing employment to 3 crore people by 2030.”
“The proposed budget is committed to cut poverty and expedite development
of the country and turn a modern country within the period of 2041”, said
Ashim Kumar Ukil.
Jatiya Party lawmaker Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury said the budget
implementation is somewhat challenging as the budget deficit is Taka 1,45,380
crore where Taka 47,364 crore would be taken from the banking sector as a
loan.
Terming the implementation of the proposed budget is challenging, deputy
leader of the opposition Raushan Ershad said the implementation of the
proposed budget is somewhat challenging. She was optimistic that revenue
earning of Taka 3,77,810 crore will be realized, but the poor performance of
the National Board of Revenue (NBR) will create a big challenge for the
proposed budget.
Highlighting the proposed budget as the 48th budget of the country, the
deputy leader of the opposition urged the government to take necessary
initiative so that the proposed budget would not create further inequality
between the poor and the rich.
Treasury bench member Qamrul Islam, Asaduzzaman Noor, Jaya Sen Gupta,
Showkat Hasanur Rahman (Rimon), Shahin Akter, Md. Mohibbur Rahman,Shafiqul
Islam Shimul, Shahiduzzaman Sarker, Syeda Zakia Nur, Shaikh Salahuddin, Akbar
Hossain Pathan (Farooque), Mohammad Ebadul Karim, Ataur Rahman Khan, Ahmed
Firoz Kabir, Parveen Haque Sikder, Nahim Razzaq, took part in the general
discussion on proposed national budget.
Earlier, they paid their cordial tribute to the memory of Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, four national leaders, martyred
freedom fighters and also those who made their utmost sacrifices during the
War of Liberation and all subsequent democratic movements in the country.
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