The Jatiya Sangsad on Monday passed the supplementary budget of Taka 13,987.27 crore for the fiscal 2020-21 to meet the increased expenditure under different ministries and divisions. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the supplementary budget in the House on June 3 along with the national budget. On Monday, he moved it in the House following general discussion on the supplementary budget. Different ministries, divisions and Institutions sought the additional amount under 19 demands for grant. As many as 190 cut-motions were moved by 11 parliament members. Discussions were held on two cut-motions –on Financial Institutions Division and Health Services Division. These cut motions were brought by BNP lawmakers Harunur Rashid, Rumeen Farhana, Mosharraf Hossain, Jatiya Party lawmakers Fakhrul Imam, Begum Raushan Ara Mannan,KaziFeroz Rashid, Barrister Shamim Haider Patwary, Liaquat Hossain Khoka, Mohammad Mujibul Haque Chunnu, Gonoforum lawmaker Mukabbir Khan and Independent lawmaker Rezaul Karim Bablu. However, those cut-motions were rejected by voice votes. According to budget document, an amount of Taka 5,68,000 crore were allocated in favour of 62 ministries and divisions for the 2020-21 fiscal. But in the supplementary budget, allocations for 19 ministries and divisions have been increased to Taka 13,987.27 crore while Taka 42,481.87 crore reduced for 43ministries and divisions. As a result, the budget allocations for these ministries and divisions got reduced of Taka 29,017 crore and the total allocation now stands at Taka 5,38,983 crore. The Local Government Division got the highest allocation of Taka 2890.45 crore while the Rural Development and Cooperatives Division the lowest Taka 1.40 crore . As per the supplementary budget allocation, Prime Minister’s Office got Taka 482.03 crore while Cabinet Division Taka 9.70 crore, Election Commission Secretariat Taka 168.42 crore, Financial Institutions Division Taka 205.59 crore, Planning Division Taka 242.75 crore, Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division Taka 6.74 crore, Statistics and Information Management Division Taka 142.84 crore, Primary and Mass Education Ministry Taka 1,005.15 crore, Health Services Divisions Taka 2,850.48 crore, Housing and Public Works Ministry Taka 489.37 crore, Religious Affairs Ministry Taka 384.51 crore, Industries Ministry 565.37 crore, Textile and Jute Ministry Taka 1,905.68 crore, Fisheries and Livestock Ministry Taka 332.78 crore, Water Resources Ministry Taka 1,039.99 crore, Road Transport and Highway Division Taka 676.62 crore and Shipping Ministry got Taka 676.66 crore. Earlier, treasury and opposition lawmakers discussed on the supplementary budget of 2020-21 on the outset of the session. Treasury bench lawmaker Amir Hossen Amu of Jhalokati-2, Deputy leader of the opposition Golam Mohammad Quader of Lalmonirhat-3, participated in the supplementary budget discussion. Source: BSS AH

Parliament on Tuesday passed the supplementary budget of Tk 15339.83 crore for the fiscal 2017-18 to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions. Reports UNB.  Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed the supplementary budget in the House on June 7 along with the national budget. Different ministries, divisions and institutions sought the additional amount under 22 demands for grant. As many as 173 cut-motions were moved by seven members. Discussions were held on four cut-motions, including Public Administration Ministry, LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry, Power Ministry and Health Ministry. These cut motions were brought by Jatiya Party MPs Fakhrul Imam (Mymensingh-8), Nurul Islam Omar (Bogra-6), Kazi Firoz Rashid (Dhaka-6), Nurul Islam Milon (Comilla-8), Rowshan Ara Mannan (Women Seat-47), Salim Uddin (Sylhet-5), Mohammad Abdul Munim Chowdhury (Habiganj-1) and Independent MP Rustam Ali Farazi (Pirojpur-3). However, the cut-motions were rejected by voice vote. According to the budget document, a sum of Tk 400,266 crore was allocated in favour of 62 ministries and divisions for the 2017-18 fiscal. But in the supplementary budget allocation for 24 ministries and divisions have been increased to Tk 15,339.83 crore while Tk 46,055.66 crore reduced for 35 ministries and divisions. As a result, the budget allocation for these ministries and divisions was reduced to Tk 28,771 crore and the total allocation now stands at Tk 371,495 crore. The Power Division got the highest allocation of Tk 3926.11 crore while the lowest Tk 3.13 crore was given to the Supreme Court.   The Prime Minister’s Office got Tk 3347.41 crore, while Public Administration Minister Tk 471.96 crore, Public Service Commission  Tk 5.54 crore, Economic relations Division Tk 1162.42 crore, IMED 11.83 crore, Statistics and Information Management Division Tk 50.91 crore, Foreign Ministry Tk 28.60 crore, Defence Ministry Tk 659.93 crore, Law and Judiciary Division 56.33 crore, Public Security Division Tk 1109.11 crore, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division got Tk 4.01 crore, Women and Child Affairs Ministry Tk 57.34 crore, Housing and Public Works Ministry Tk 49.80 crore, Religious Affairs Ministry Tk 315.78 crore, Local Government Division Tk 1868.60 crore, Rural Development and Cooperative Division Tk 311.51 crore, Land Ministry Tk 91.66 crore, Water Resources Ministry Tk 195.46 crore, Road Transport and Highways Division Tk 1182.64 crore, Shipping Ministry Tk 173.77 crore, CHT Affairs Ministry Tk 93.23 crore and Health Education and Family Welfare Division Tk 162.61 crore.               AH