Inu, Menon term budget pro-poor, pillar for long-term growth

FE Team | Published: June 06, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) Hasanul Haq Inu and President of Bangladesh Workers Party Rashed Khan Menon termed on Friday the budget pro-poor and a pillar for the long-term advancement towards economic growth respectively, reports BSS.
"The incumbent government is agriculture, village and environment -friendly one . . . All its activities are being run with the target to ensure the development of the country and its citizens," he said these while speaking at a seminar on the occasion of 'World Environment Day' in the capital.
Inu, also the Information Minister, said in the proposed budget, priority has been given to the poor than the affluent ones.
Agriculturists Institution Bangladesh (AIB) organised the seminar with its President AFM Bahauddin Nasim, also ruling Awami League organising secretary in the chair. Dr M Joynul Abedin, former country representative of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), presented his keynote paper.
The minister said we all have to take necessary steps to include another two rights -- right to internet and right to ensure safe food -- in the constitution.
Professor Dr Nitish Chandra Debnath and AIB secretary general Mohammad Mobarrak Ali, among others, took part in the discussion.
In a statement, President of Bangladesh Workers Party Rashed Khan Menon and General Secretary Fazle Hossain Badsha described the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 as a pillar for the long-term advancement towards economic growth.
As favorable economic atmosphere is prevailing in the country, it will be possible to fulfil the financing targets of the proposed budget, they added.
But they suggested relaxation of tax imposing in various spheres of economy to give relief to the common people.
Although the proposed budget has given incentives to domestic industries, foreign investment is likely to get favour as it announced to build 100 economic zones, the party said in their budget reaction.