BSS, Dhaka :
Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury on Thursday strongly urged the government to consider and withdraw the excise duty on bank accounts and interest rate slaped on the savings letters belonged to the lower and middle income people in the proposed budget for fiscal 2017-2018.
“Nearly 70 to 75 lakh people who are mostly lower and middle income people in the country would have to pay Taka 200 crore under the proposed budget which is unacceptable,” she said while participating in the general discussion on the national budget for the seventh day in the House.
In the proposed budget, the finance minister has imposed Taka 800 instead of Taka 500 against the accumulated savings ranging from Taka 1,000,01 to 10,000,00, which would affect the huge number of the country’s lower and middle income people, Matia said.
She called upon the government to reconsider the proposed excise and interest rate cut on the savings certificates and bank accounts, adding, “If the government withdraw the proposed interest rate cut which would be an accumulated loss of only Taka 355 crore and it is a nothing but a peanut in comparison to the size of the proposed budget.”
Taking part in the budget discussion, state minister for women and children Meher Afroz Chumki described the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2017-18 as a pragmatic, pro-people, balanced and welfare-oriented for speedy development.
“Common people of the country have no negative criticism on the budget as it has been proved as a trustworthy financial instrument for the self-sufficient Bangladesh in near future,” she said.
Highlighting her ministry’s success, the state minister said that the government has undertaken various initiatives to improve women’s living standard and ensure children’s rights under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
During the budget discussion, lawmakers from both treasury and opposition benches, expressed their optimistic view that the government would be able to implement the budget’s all development programmes to achieve the targeted 7.4 percent growth in the GDP next fiscal under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, worthy daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
They mentioned that the country achieved tremendous success in different sectors including education, economic, agricultures, power, ICT, food and other related sectors.
Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury on Thursday strongly urged the government to consider and withdraw the excise duty on bank accounts and interest rate slaped on the savings letters belonged to the lower and middle income people in the proposed budget for fiscal 2017-2018.
“Nearly 70 to 75 lakh people who are mostly lower and middle income people in the country would have to pay Taka 200 crore under the proposed budget which is unacceptable,” she said while participating in the general discussion on the national budget for the seventh day in the House.
In the proposed budget, the finance minister has imposed Taka 800 instead of Taka 500 against the accumulated savings ranging from Taka 1,000,01 to 10,000,00, which would affect the huge number of the country’s lower and middle income people, Matia said.
She called upon the government to reconsider the proposed excise and interest rate cut on the savings certificates and bank accounts, adding, “If the government withdraw the proposed interest rate cut which would be an accumulated loss of only Taka 355 crore and it is a nothing but a peanut in comparison to the size of the proposed budget.”
Taking part in the budget discussion, state minister for women and children Meher Afroz Chumki described the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2017-18 as a pragmatic, pro-people, balanced and welfare-oriented for speedy development.
“Common people of the country have no negative criticism on the budget as it has been proved as a trustworthy financial instrument for the self-sufficient Bangladesh in near future,” she said.
Highlighting her ministry’s success, the state minister said that the government has undertaken various initiatives to improve women’s living standard and ensure children’s rights under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
During the budget discussion, lawmakers from both treasury and opposition benches, expressed their optimistic view that the government would be able to implement the budget’s all development programmes to achieve the targeted 7.4 percent growth in the GDP next fiscal under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, worthy daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
They mentioned that the country achieved tremendous success in different sectors including education, economic, agricultures, power, ICT, food and other related sectors.
