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Give priority to health sector, economic recovery in next budget: Experts
Staff Correspondent
5 May, 2021 12:00 AM
Leading economists on Tuesday stressed the need for a recovery-focused budget for 2021-22 fiscal, putting the highest priority on the health sector alongside focusing on sound macroeconomic management, widening social safety nets, raising the tax-GDP ratio and job creation.
The leading economists also emphasized strengthening the ongoing vaccination programme.
They also underscored the need for tax reforms, proper budget implementation and quality spending on development projects, addressing the livelihood issues in the context of the pandemic, prioritizing the CMSMEs and bringing the education sector under the purview of the stimulus packages.
Domestic electronics, technology products should get priority in govt procurement: Speakers United News of Bangladesh (UNB)
Bangladesh, April 28 Speakers at a webinar on Tuesday demanded amending the Public Procurement Rules (PPR) in favour of domestic industries to give priorities to locally-made products in government procurement process.
Speakers made the suggestions at a webinar titled Bangladesh in Industrialization . Bangladesh Electrical, Electronics and Home Appliance Manufacturing and Exporters Association (BEEMEA) organised the webinar.
They said Bangladesh is self-sufficient in manufacturing of electronics and technology products. After meeting local demand, the Made in Bangladesh labelled products are being exported to different countries. But the homemade products are being neglected in government procurement.