37 thousand 817 crore 40 lakh 57 thousand taka has been passed in the national parliament for the current financial year 2023-24.
On Monday (June 10), Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali raised the ‘Speciation (Supplementary) Bill-2024’ in Parliament, and the bill was later passed by voice vote.
This supplementary bill is to be brought in to give the authority of the allocation and specification of the funds approved from the funds attached for the execution of the financial year to end on June 30.
In the main budget of the current financial year, 62 ministries and departments were allocated 7 lakh 61 thousand 785 crores in favor of the department. In the revised budget, the allocation of 22 ministries and departments has been allocated to 37 thousand 817 crores. 40 ministries and the budget of the department have been unchanged or reduced by 47 thousand 367 crores.
The Ministry of Planning has received a maximum of Tk 12 thousand 649 crore 33 lakh 68 thousand in the supplementary budget.
Four 66 layoffs were proposed against 20 demands in the supplementary budget, which would be discussed on the two-off proposals on the granting demands, which are the Economic Relations Department and the Information and Communication Technology Department.
Earlier, members of the government and opposition parties discussed the supplementary budget.
