The Jatiya Sangsad has passed a supplementary budget of Tk 37,817 crore 40 lakh 57 thousand for the current fiscal year 2023-24.
Finance minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali placed the appropriation (Supplementary) Bill, 2024 in the parliament. The bill later passed by voice vote.
The supplementary bill was introduced to give the authority to allocate and specify more than the amount sanctioned from the Consolidated Fund for the execution of the activities of the fiscal year ending June 30.
The finance minister moved three bills to pass the supplementary budget in the House following a general discussion on it
on Monday (June 10).
A total of 51 demands for grants were placed in the House on Monday (June 10) to appropriate the allocations for different ministries, divisions and institutions around the country.
In the original budget of the current fiscal year, Tk 7,61,785 crore was allocated in favor of 62 ministries and divisions. In the revised budget, the allocation for 22 ministries and divisions has been increased by Tk 37,817 crore. The budgets of 40 ministries and divisions remained unchanged or decreased. Overall, the revised budget has been reduced by Tk 47,367 crore to Tk 7,14,418 crore.
