Claiming that the allocation proposed in the 2014-2015 fiscal year budget for children is insufficient, the National Children’s Task Force (NCTF) yesterday urged the authorities concerned to review it.
The children rights organisation also urged the creation of a separate budget for children.
“The government has lowered the number of projects and allocations for children in the 2014-2015 proposed budget compared to the last FY. Only 21 welfare projects for children have been proposed in this FY while there were 55 projects in the previous budget” said Fatema Siddika Rima, Dhaka unit president of NCTF.
She made the remarks while addressing a 2014-2015 post-budget programme hosted by the NGO Save the Children at Dhaka Reporters Unity.
She also said: “We hope the government will review this year’s budget allocation for children as 45% of the country’s population are children.”
NCTF demanded children’s participation in the pre-budget discussion for them from the next fiscal year.