Budget hailed as pro-people and realistic

Treasury bench members in the House on Sunday continued appreciating the proposed budget for fiscal year 2014-2015 terming it a people-centric and implementable proposal, which would ensure welfare of the people and development of the country. Taking part in the general discussion for the annual budget, they said the national budget for fiscal year 2014-15 is investment and business friendly and successful implementation of the budget would take the country a step ahead in attaining a middle income country status by 2021. They said the finance minister has attached priority to different important sectors, including agriculture, education, health, power-energy, rural development, poverty alleviation and human resources development to give the country’s economy a firm footing for maintaining the pace of growth in the future. Highlighting various problems of their respective constituencies, the lawmakers urged the finance minister to take steps for development of infrastructures including construction of new roads and educational institutions and repairing the old ones and bring their localities under electricity and gas supply network. Treasury bench members whip Shahiduzzaman Sarker, Abdus Shahid, Saimum Sarwar Kamal, Dr Md Enamur Rahman, AKM Shahjahan Kamal, Mehjabin Khaled, Abdus Shahid, independent MP Tahjib Alam Siddique and Jatiya Party lawmakers Md Ilias took part in the discussion, according to BSS.