Kamal, popularly known as Lotus Kamal, said that the Ministry of Finance would begin its journey from tomorrow with a new dimension and there would be new things. About the prospects of growth in the current fiscal year (FY19), he said that the GDP growth rate in the current fiscal year would reach 8.25-8.30%. Previous State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan, who is also going to take oath as the Planning Minister on Monday, spoke at the briefing. Meanwhile revealing the data of the implementation of Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the first half (July-December), Kamal revealed that the implementation rate in this July-December period was 27.42% with an overall expenditure of Tk49,595 crore. The ADP implementation rate during the July-December period of the last fiscal year notched 27.02% with an overall expenditure of Tk44,331 crore.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 06, 2019 18:45 UTC