NGO leaders for effective use of climate fund
Sunday, 13 June 2010
Leaders of several civil society bodies hailed the budget for making the highest allocation for education and chalking out a long term plan to mitigate the country's power shortage, reports BSS.
Equity and Justice Working Group, (Equitybd) an umbrella organisations of about a dozen NGOs was however critical about the poor allocation for Climate Fund in the budget.
The NGO leaders hoped the government would increase subsidy to farmers instead of reducing it this year from the level of last year..
They emphasised the need for more involvement of MPs in preparing the budget to reflect the expectations of their electorate.
They laid emphasis on quick enhancing the utilisation capacity of the climate fund saying from last year's allocation the government had used only Taka 2.35 billion through official channels keeping NGOs out from using this fund at a time when cyclone Aila and Sidr affected people are still waiting for rehabilitation.
Equity and Justice Working Group, (Equitybd) an umbrella organisations of about a dozen NGOs was however critical about the poor allocation for Climate Fund in the budget.
The NGO leaders hoped the government would increase subsidy to farmers instead of reducing it this year from the level of last year..
They emphasised the need for more involvement of MPs in preparing the budget to reflect the expectations of their electorate.
They laid emphasis on quick enhancing the utilisation capacity of the climate fund saying from last year's allocation the government had used only Taka 2.35 billion through official channels keeping NGOs out from using this fund at a time when cyclone Aila and Sidr affected people are still waiting for rehabilitation.