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BUDGET 2011-12 (OVERVIEW)
Mr. Speaker
Permission
1. I seek your kind permission to present the Supplementary Budget for
the fiscal year 2010-11 and the Budget Estimates for the
fiscal year 2011-12 before this august House.
Introduction and Background
2. The history of Bangalees is a history of endless struggle. This nation
has fought for thousand years against tyranny and exploitation and built up
indomitable resistance against all kinds of domination and conspiracies of
vested quarters. Finally, Bangladesh emerged in the world map as an
independent nation, through the great war of liberation at the cost of the
blood of 3 million martyrs. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
championed this emergence by providing an
uncompromising, resolute and visionary leadership that
made him the greatest Bangalee of all times and the Father of the Nation.
While presenting the budget for FY 2011-12, I recall his contribution with
profound love and respect. I also like to offer my deep gratitude to him. At
the same time, I remember with high esteem the contributions of his
competent comrades - the four national leaders of Bangladesh; and also
the contributions of all the martyrs of language movement and ‘Liberation
War of 1971’ and those, who laid down their lives in the movements
against autocratic regimes and fundamentalism in independent
Bangladesh. Their supreme sacrifice guides us in our journey and is a
constant source of inspiration.
3. The Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has presented before the
nation the ‘Vision 2021’ for economic emancipation and the dream of a
digital Bangladesh. Our previous two budgets
have laid down the foundation for realising this
vision. The proposed FY 2011-2012 budget will
further strengthen this foundation and guide the nation to move forward
with renewed strength. With her prudent opinion and counsel, the Hon’ble
Prime Minister has guided me in preparing this budget, as she did in the
previous years. I express my deep gratitude to her for having unvarying
trust in me.
4. Like previous year, this year I also met with the respectable members of
the society, renowned economists, professionals, the Economic Reporters
Forum, NGO leaders, journalists and secretaries of all the ministries for
pre-budget consultation. They all
provided valuable recommendations
on budget preparation. I am earnestly
obliged to them. You are aware that
agriculture and farmers constitute a vital component in the present
Government’s development vision. It is, therefore, imperative for budget
to mirror their expectations. I went to the Barakhudra High School of
Jessore to listen to the farmers’ views about the problems and prospects of
agriculture. I sincerely congratulate the Channel-I for organising this
meaningful and splendid pre-budget programme. Besides, I had the
privilege to discuss with all the respectable members of four parliamentary
standing committees and the chairpersons of ministerial standing
committees. I would like to put on record my sincere thanks and gratitude
for their valuable suggestions. Finally, I wish to express my sincere
appreciation to all the employees of Finance Division and National Board
of Revenue for their relentless efforts in successfully completing the
Pre-budget Consultations arduous budget formulation process.
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