The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Local government should be more effective to mobilize the development budget Without implementing Annual Development Program (ADP), national economy would be slowed down.

Dr. Atiur Rahman, an eminent economist said this while talking to journalists at a view exchange meeting yesterday where he introduced "Budget Sahaj Path", an easy book explaining budget by Shamunnay.

He said that the main cause of our economic crisis is our political and economic confusion. To overcome this situation, he suggested that the government should take positive action and the NBR should extend cooperation to the businessmen.

Dr. Atiur lays emphasis on the budget awareness among the mass people through which, the government will know about public opinion. And this experience could be implemented in the national budget By this the budget of the financial year will be more authentic and acceptable to the general people, he said.

To recognize the participation of the people Shamunnay, works to publish such kind of easy explainable book.

About inflation, he said that price rises could not be controlled without increasing production and import For this, he stressed more importance in the agricultural sector.

He said, though the research in the past year would be implemented, the agricultural production increases about 30 percent

In the view-exchange meeting, AKM Muksudul Alam, coordinator of Shamunnay, Humaun Kabir, the UP Chairman of Auliapur, amo0ng others, were present