$1500M underway as budgetary support: PM Hasina
File Photo. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaking at the Jatiya Sangsad
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said a process is underway to mobilise $1000 million as budgetary support to tackle future emergency situation and economic crisis caused by Russia-Ukraine war.
She made the statement in a written answer to a question from ruling party lawmaker M Mozaffar Hossain (Jamalpur-5) during PM's question-answer session.
Hasina said that this budget support will be spent in the stimulus package for industries, factories, trading organisations, small and medium entrepreneurs and social safety net.
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Besides, she said, as part of the programme to tackle the economic crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic, a process is underway to mobilise another $500 million as budgetary support.
