Business Desk :
A virtual seminar on “National Budget 2020-21 from HRD Perspective” was organized by United International University (UIU) and Federation of Bangladesh Human Resource Organization (FBHRO) recently.
Speaking at the seminar, Dr Md Salim Uddin, Chairman of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) said that National Budget 2020-21 has been announced in a time when almost all sectors of our economy are going through an abnormal, uncertain, dangerous and risky situation due to COVID19.
Realizing the importance of human resource as a basic input and fundamental or pivotal factor of all affairs, the appropriate emphasis and substantial allocation have been given in the Budget FY21, he added.
In this regard, he mentioned that total budgetary allocation relating to Human Resource under Social infrastructure for FY21amounting to TK 1,40,222 crore which is 24.69 per cent of total budget of TK 5,68,000 crore and it was TK1,23,894 crore for revised FY20 indicating the increase of TK 16,324 in FY21.
The importance of Human Resource Development has been getting new momentum which is evident from the trend of budgetary allocation of 2.16 times in 2020-21 compared to actual budget of TK64,824 in 2015-16 in order to face the challenges of globalization, he said.
A virtual seminar on “National Budget 2020-21 from HRD Perspective” was organized by United International University (UIU) and Federation of Bangladesh Human Resource Organization (FBHRO) recently.
Speaking at the seminar, Dr Md Salim Uddin, Chairman of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) said that National Budget 2020-21 has been announced in a time when almost all sectors of our economy are going through an abnormal, uncertain, dangerous and risky situation due to COVID19.
Realizing the importance of human resource as a basic input and fundamental or pivotal factor of all affairs, the appropriate emphasis and substantial allocation have been given in the Budget FY21, he added.
In this regard, he mentioned that total budgetary allocation relating to Human Resource under Social infrastructure for FY21amounting to TK 1,40,222 crore which is 24.69 per cent of total budget of TK 5,68,000 crore and it was TK1,23,894 crore for revised FY20 indicating the increase of TK 16,324 in FY21.
The importance of Human Resource Development has been getting new momentum which is evident from the trend of budgetary allocation of 2.16 times in 2020-21 compared to actual budget of TK64,824 in 2015-16 in order to face the challenges of globalization, he said.
