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JS budget session begins

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Published: 09:56, 11 June 2020   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
JS budget session begins

The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) has begun its budget session for fiscal year 2020-21.

With recitation from holy Quran, the budget session began at 3pm on Thursday (June 11) in the parliament with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will place the national budget for 2020-2021 fiscal year.

The size of this year's proposed national budget could be approximately over Taka 5 lakhs 60 thousands crore.

The budget session will continue for twelve days.

The discussion on the supplementary budget for 2019-2020 fiscal will be made and it would be passed on June 14 and 15.

Then the discussion on the proposed budget for 2020-2021 fiscal will begin on June 16. The closing discussion on the budget will take place on June 29 and the finance bill will be passed on the day.

The budget will be passed on June 30.

Except the budget presentation day, the parliament session will begin from 10.30am and it will continue till 1.30pm without any break.

The national budget worth Tk 5,23,190 crore was passed unanimously for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

 

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