NBR Chairman Mohammad Nojibur Rahman yesterday said the basic objectives of the upcoming budget are social development and security, poverty reduction, enhanced GDP and generation of more employment in the country.
The upcoming budget will benefit honest businessmen and also consider economic ability and welfare of the mass people in the country, reports BSS. The board of revenue will take all kinds of steps to protect honest businessmen from dishonest ones to materialise the vision 2021, he reiterated.
The revenue boss revealed this while addressing a pre-budget view-exchange meeting with the government officials, chamber leaders and others concerned at the conference hall of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) as the chief guest.
RCCI and Revenue Authority arranged the meeting with RCCI president Md Muniruzzaman Moni in the chair. Nojibur Rahman said the government will attach top priority to agriculture, power, communication, human resources, health, digital technology and education sectors in the next budget.
“We have received a number of directives from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the upcoming budget. We would like to assure you that the forthcoming budget will protect local industries,” he said, adding that they would continue to give incentives to the export-oriented industries.
“The budget is going to be more business-friendly. This time it will be production-oriented as well.”
The revenue chairman noted that the upcoming budget would specially focus on generating employment in the country.
Monday, July 20, 2026
