Taka 99,962 crore national budget: Overall deficit Tk 24,234 crore, poverty reduction, price stabilisation, social safety net expansion, key goals
Staff Reporter
A Taka 99,962 crore national budget, with an overall deficit of Taka 24,234 crore, for fiscal 2008-09 was announced by Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam through radio and television yesterday.
The 54-page budget speech is reflective of the tight rope he had to walk on while preparing the annual national statement of income and expenditure. Unprecedented price hike both in international and domestic markets created problems that were exacerbated by repeated natural disasters during the current fiscal (2007-08).  |
Internet Edition. June 10, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
