Chronology of national budgets

Finance Minister AMA Muhith will announce the annul budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 (FY15) tomorrow (Thursday) at Jatiya Sangsad at 3:30 pm.

This will be the country’s 43^rd budget and the 15^th budget of the Awami League government while the 8^th for Muhith.

Following is the chronology of Bangladesh budgets since independence in 1971. The information has been collected from various sources including the budget documents of the Ministry of Finance. The amount is in crore of Taka (Tk).

Fiscal Year Who placed Total Size ADP

1972-73 Tajuddin Ahmed Tk 786 Tk 501

1973-74 Tajuddin Ahmed Tk 995 Tk 525

1974-75 Tajuddin Ahmed Tk 1,084 Tk 525

1975-76 Dr Azizur Rahman Tk 1,549 Tk 950

1976-77 Maj Gen Zia Tk 1,989 Tk 1,222

1977-78 Lt Gen Zia Tk 2,184 Tk 1,278

1978-79 President Zia Tk 2,499 Tk 1,446

1979-80 Dr M N Huda Tk 3,317 Tk 2,123

1980-81 M Saifur Rahman Tk 4,108 Tk 2,700

1981-82 M Saifur Rahman Tk 4,677 Tk 3,015

1982-83 A M A Muhith Tk 4,738 Tk 2,700

1983-84 A M A Muhith Tk 5,896 Tk 3,483

1984-85 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 6,699 Tk 3,896

1985-86 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 7,138 Tk 3,825

1986-87 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 8,504 Tk 4,764

1987-88 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 8,527 Tk 5,046

1988-89 Maj Gen Munim Tk 10,565 Tk 5,315

1989-90 Dr Wahidul Haq Tk 12,703 Tk 5,803

1990-91 Maj Gen Munim Tk 12,960 Tk 5,668

1991-92 M Saifur Rahman Tk 15,584 Tk 7,500

1992-93 M Saifur Rahman Tk 17,607 Tk 9,057

1993-94 M Saifur Rahman Tk 19,050 Tk 9,750

1994-95 M Saifur Rahman Tk 20,948 Tk 11,000

1995-96 M Saifur Rahman Tk 23,170 Tk 12,100

1996-97 SAMS Kibria Tk 24,603 Tk 12,500

1997-98 S A M S Kibria Tk 27,786 Tk 12,800

1998-99 S A M S Kibria Tk 29,537 Tk 13,600

1999-00 S A M S Kibria Tk 34,252 Tk 12,477

2000-01 S A M S Kibria Tk 38,524 Tk 17,500

2001-02 S A M S Kibria Tk 42,306 Tk 19,000

2002-03 M Saifur Rahman Tk 44,854 Tk 19,200

2003-04 M Saifur Rahman Tk 51,980 Tk 20,300

2004-05 M Saifur Rahman Tk 57,248 Tk 22,000

2005-06 M Saifur Rahman Tk 61,058 Tk 23,626

2006-07 M Saifur Rahman Tk 69,740 Tk 26,000

2007-08 Mirza Azizul Islam Tk 99,962 Tk 25,600

2008-09 Mirza Azizul Islam Tk 99,962 Tk 25,400

2009-10 AMA Muhith Tk 113,815 Tk 28,500

2010-11 AMA Muhith Tk 132,170 Tk 35,130

2011-12 AMA Muhith Tk 161,214 Tk 41,080

2012-13 AMA Muhith Tk 191,738 Tk 52,366

2013-14 AMA Muhith TK 222,491 TK 60,000

Courtesy : BSS