Set strict financial limits and rein down inflation.
In an effort to rein in inflation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave the finance ministry instructions Wednesday to create a contractionary budget for the next fiscal year.
PM Hasina mentioned that developed nations like the US and Japan raised their policy interest rates to combat inflation during a meeting at the Gono Bhaban with representatives from the finance ministry, Bangladesh Bank, and the National Board of Revenue (NBR). She suggested that Bangladesh take similar steps.
As the administration prepared its next budget, she insisted that promises made in its election campaign be given first priority. She also ordered that the current austerity measures be maintained for various ministries and departments.
In addition, the PM gave the NBR instructions to take a number of actions to boost revenue collection and to expand its tax net rather than placing undue strain on taxpayers.
She voiced her displeasure with the import of things like fake flowers and criticized the importing of opulent goods.
Hasina requested that the finance ministry look at expanding the social safety net program's beneficiary count.
The premier was given assurances by finance ministry officials, according to meeting sources, that beginning in December, inflation will start to decline and pressure on the nation's foreign exchange reserves would lessen.
The finance ministry's next budget was presented to the group at the meeting.
The presentation said that because economic headwinds are predicted to persist, the government intends to design a Tk 7,96,900 crore outlay in the 2018 budget with an emphasis on frugal spending.
For the current fiscal year, the draft budget is 4.6% larger than the initial amount.
The next allocation for the Annual Development Programme (ADP) is Tk 2,65,000 crore, a 0.76 percent increase.
State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan, Finance Secretary Khairuzzaman, and Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali The meeting was attended by Mozumder, NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem, and Governor of Bangladesh Bank Abdur Rouf Talukder.
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