Professor Mustafizur Rahman
Research Director
Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)

 

 
 

 

This is the first budget under PRSP. There are some guidelines about safety net. But this budget can not go beyond the tradition.

In this budget there is purposeful attempt to overcome the possible threat after the post quota global economy, by offering cash compensation scheme, tax holiday to 18 sectors of textile industry, and 50 crore taka for the RMG sector, etc.

Several sectors are bring under tax holiday, such as textile, RMG, pharmaceuticals, fertilizer, etc. which will help in diversifying the export.

The FDI will be increased to $12b is a very promising sign. BOI manage to sign the MOU. We hope for the best.