File photo: Al-Markazul Islami staff bury the body of a Covid-19 patient at a graveyard in Dhaka on April 11, 2020 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneThe lump sum allocation is meant to fulfill emergency requirements, says the finance ministerIn a bid to fulfill emergency requirements over the Covid-19 pandemic, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed a lump sum allocation of Tk10,000 crore in the budget for FY2020-21. Meanwhile, the overall budget allocation for health services has been proposed to raised by 23% to Tk29,247 crore compared to the revised allocation for the current fiscal year. The health sector allocation in FY21 includes Tk6,363 crore on health education and family welfare. The rest, Tk 22,884 crore, will be spent on health services giving a priority to activities undertaken to combat Covid-19. The allocation for this purpose in FY2020-21 is Tk 41,027 crore.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 11, 2020 11:37 UTC