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JS passes Tk 15,339.82cr supplementary budget for 2017-18
SANGSAD BHABAN, June 11, 2018 (BSS) – The Jatiya Sangsad today
passed the supplementary budget of Taka 15,339 crore, 82 lakh
and 50 thousand for the current fiscal 2017-18 (FY 18) to meet
the increased expenditures under different
ministries/divisions.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed the supplementary budget
for the current fiscal in the House on June 7 along with the
national budget for fiscal 2018-19 (FY 19).
He moved the Appropriation (Supplementary) Bill, 2018 in the
House. The lawmakers approved the bill by voice votes allowing
the government to spend Taka 15,339 crore 82 lakh and 50
thousand from the consolidated fund to meet the expenditures
of the current fiscal ending on June 30, 2018.
A total of 22 divisions/ministries sought demand for
additional allocation in the supplementary budget of the
current fiscal, which lawmakers from both treasury and
opposition benches took part and discussed about the demand.
The total allocation in the current national budget was Taka 4
lakh and 266 crore. Later, the allocation in the revised
budget stands at Taka 3 lakh 71 thousand and 495 crore.
In the national budget of the current fiscal, the revenue
income was estimated at Taka two lakh 42 thousand and 752
crore. In the revised budget, the revenue was kept at Taka two
lakh 18 thousand and 500 crore.
In the supplementary budget, the highest Taka 3,926 crore 11
lakh and 64 thousand was allocated for the Power, Energy and
Mineral Resources Ministry while Taka 3,347 crore 41 lakh and
62 thousand was sanctioned for the Prime Minister’s Office.
Besides, Taka 1,868 crore 60 lakh and 95 thousand was
sanctioned for local government division under Local
Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry, Taka
1,182 crore 64 lakh and 55 thousand for Road Transport and
Highways Division under Road Transport and Bridges Ministry,
Taka 1,162 crore, 42 lakh and 23 thousand for economic
relation division, Taka 1,109 crore, 11 lakh and 1 thousand
for Security Services Division under the Ministry of Home
Affairs, Taka 471 crore, 96 lakh and 21 thousand for Public
Administration Ministry, Taka 5 crore, 54 lakh and 46 thousand
for Public Service Commission under Public Administration
Ministry, Taka 11 crore, 83 lakh and 18 thousand for
Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division under
Planning Ministry, Taka 50 crore, 91 lakh and 75 thousand for
Statistics and Information Management Division, Taka 28 crore,
60 lakh and 31 thousand for Foreign Ministry, Taka 659 crore
93 lakh and 30 thousand for Defence Ministry, Taka 56 crore 33
lakh and 86 thousand for Law and Justice and Taka 4 crore, 1
lakh and 87 thousand for Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry Division under Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry, Taka 57 crore 34 lakh and 63 thousand for the
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Taka 49 crore 80 lakh
and 79 for Housing and Public Works Ministry, Taka 315 crore,
78 lakh and 72 thousand for Religious Affairs Ministry, Taka
311 crore, 51 lakh and 49 thousand for Rural Development and
Cooperatives Division under LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry,
Taka 91 crore 66 lakh and 57 thousand for Land Ministry, Taka
173 crore 77 lakh and 36 for Shipping Ministry, Taka 93 crore
23 lakh and 71 thousand for Chittagong Hill Tracts Ministry,
Taka 3 crore 13 lakh and 64 thousand for Supreme Court, Taka
162 crore 61 lakh and 86 thousand for Health Education and
Family Welfare Division under Health and Family Welfare
Ministry.
Different ministries, divisions and institutions sought the
additional amount under 22 demands for the grant. Earlier,
some opposition and independent lawmakers brought a total of
173 cut-motions. The MPs discussed four proposals of the cut-
motions, which were rejected by voice votes.
Lawmakers of both treasury and opposition benches took part in
the general discussion before the passage of the supplementary
budget of the current fiscal 2017-18.
Finally, the House unanimously passed the Appropriation
(Supplementary) Bill 2018 through voice votes.
Earlier, Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury, treasury
bench member Dr Abdur Razzak and opposition bench members
Fakhrul Imam, Selim Uddin and Rawshan Ara Mannan took part in
the supplementary budget discussion about supplementary budget
and issued various matters in the Jatiya Sangsad.
Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury gave statement on
additional allocation defending the justification for the
demands.
“The government has undertaken various projects as Bangladesh
is now at a stage with its economic capacity to implement
those,” she said.
Later, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith also
elaborately described about the additional allocation of
different divisions/ministries.
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