The state run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has made Taka 27.27 crore operating profit during the fiscal 2009-2010 to 2013-2014.
“The BRTC has made Taka 832.33 crore operating income during the last five fiscal years, while it spent Taka 805.06 crore,” he said this on Thursday in the Jatiya Sangsad while replying to a question from independent member Haji Mohammad Selim.
Terming the BRTC as a profitable transport-operating corporation, Quader said the BRTC has earned Taka 243.11 crore during the fiscal 2013-2014, while it has spent Taka 233.53 crore against the operating earning.
The government has also undertaken an initiative to procure 300 double decker passenger buses, 100 articulated buses and 500 trucks aimed at increasing income, he said.
Replying to another question from treasury bench member M Ayen Uddin, the minister informed the House that the government has a plan to set up driving training institute at every district of the country.
He said the state run BRTC has also maintained 18 training centres for drivers in different district headquarters across the country.
