Logo of Unnayan ShamannayThey also proposed increasing budget allocations for health sector to 20% of the budget, social security to 20% and 10-20% for agriculture sectorUnnayan Shamannay on Tuesday recommended allocating 4% of GDP for the country's health sector in the budgets for the next three fiscal years to fight Covid-19. The private research organization also proposed increasing budget allocations for health sector to 20% of the budget, social security to 20% and 10-20% for agriculture sector. Its chairperson and former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman suggested that the government increase efficiency in the budget implementations. He said in his keynote paper titled, "Upcoming Budget Should Be Health Budget'" that the allocation for the health sector must increase and should be average 4% of our GDP for the next three budgets. Arup Choudhury, CEO of Acasia Global Consultants from Kolkata and former executive director of Bangladesh Bank Mahfuzur Rahman also participated at the meeting.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 12, 2020 14:48 UTC