Budget to be understandable to all: Kamal

“I think, if we can make the budget speech within 15 to 20 pages, it will be understandable to all. We will make two parts of the budget. One will be in short form and another will be in broader form. We will engage people in the budget,” he said.

The minister was speaking at a pre-budget meeting at the NEC Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area. Senior Secretaries and secretaries of all ministries attended the pre-budget meeting.

In the next budget, Kamal said, the government will cover components of all classes of people, including blacksmith, potter, fisherman and the people in the haor areas.

He urged the senior secretaries and secretaries to give new concepts for engaging all people in the budget.

The finance minister said the government will take separate projects for the haor areas aimed at improving the living standard of the country’s marginalized people.

Mentioning the revenue collection as the key theme for the budget, he said, the government will not give any pressure for collecting revenue.

Referring to the declaration of zero tolerance against corruption by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Kamal said, the budget is for all people of the country.

He urged all to help each other to implement the budget properly.