The Health Service Division is getting Tk 3,031 crore more in the proposed 2021-22 fiscal year budget compared to the last year to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed a Tk 25,914 crore allocation for the division while placing a Tk 603,681 crore budget in parliament on Thursday.
“The health sector has been given the highest priority to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and necessary allocations have been made in the next budget,” he said.
The allocation was Tk 22,883 crore in 2020-21 FY budget.
“Like last year, we have made a slight deviation from the traditional budget for the sake of effectively combatting the COVID-19 pandemic and resolutely overcoming its economic impact by giving priority to protection of lives and livelihoods,” the minister said in his speech.
