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Tk 14.79b allocated for Youth & Sports


Tk 14.79b allocated for Youth & Sports

The government has allocated Tk 14.79 billion for the Ministry of Youth & Sports in the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2020-21.

The amount is Tk 223.7 million more than the revised budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, reports UNB.

"'I propose an allocation of Tk 14.79 billion in the next year’s budget for the development of youths and sports,” Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said in his budget speech at the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday.

In the proposed budget Tk 2.33 billion has been allocated for development work while Tk 12.46 billion was allocated for operational purposes for the next fiscal year

In the revised budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, Tk 14.56 billion was allocated for the Youth and Sports Ministry --Tk 1.55 billion for development purposes while Tk 13.01 billion for the operational costs.

The Finance Minister also said, the government is playing an important role in the development of nationwide infrastructure for sports and culture to organise different types of competitions and events.

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