Pandemic response: Tk 10,000 crore proposed for emergency requirements
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The finance ministry has proposed a block allocation worth Tk 10,000 crore to meet the expenses related to unanticipated emergency requirements, like the budget of the previous fiscal. Like the budget of the last year, we also make commitment this year that the government will take all necessary measures to address the impact of the pandemic. I would like to propose to allocate Tk 10,000 crore in the next fiscal year to meet the emergency requirements to respond to the pandemic, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said in his budget speech.
As another national budget (of Tk 603,681 crore) is passed by the parliament amidst a global pandemic, the biggest concern for the government and all other stakeholders is how well it can be implemented, as there are many new challenges to tackle. The aspirations of the budget especially the economic growth target of 7 percent are already being viewed by many as ambitious, and
Tk 10,000cr proposed for emergency requirements of COVID-19
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DHAKA, June 3, 2021 (BSS) – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed Taka 10,000 crore in the 2021-2022 fiscal year to meet the emergency requirements to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In the last budget, we made a large allocation for the implementation of special activities under the Health Services Division to address the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
“Besides, we set aside Tk. 10,000 crore to meet the expenses related to unanticipated emergency requirements,” the finance minister said adding despite a year has passed since its first outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic is still ravaging the world.
Notwithstanding a drop in the number of fresh cases in several countries, the global Covid-19 tally topped 171 million on Wednesday. The global caseload and fatalities currently stand at 171,034,625 and 3,557,281, respectively, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Some 1,931,508,270
Amid the presence of the Delta or Indian variant of coronavirus in Bangladesh, the districts along the border with India have been identified as riskiest areas for virus transmission as those have been reporting a surge in new cases for the last two weeks. According to the Directorate General