Next budget to be more people-friendly: FM

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the next budget for the fiscal 2019-20 would be more people-friendly through ensuring smooth implementation of the development projects.

“The budget will be for all people. We will give the budget for development of all people,” he told journalists after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) at the Cabinet Division in Dhaka.

He said the government will try to fulfill the demand of all people in the next budget. “We will touch all sectors, including banking and share market. We will also provide special focus on implementation of different development projects. Through implementation of the projects, Bangladesh will move forward,” he added.

Kamal said the government will provide special focus on developing skill of the country’s workforce and institutional capacity for ensuring properly implementation of budget.