AHM Mustafa Kamal presented his third budget as the finance minister in parliament on Thursday, aiming for higher growth amidst the Covid-19 pandemic in the 2021-22 fiscal year.
As per the proposed budget, the prices of these products are expected to change:
Prices up
- Imported mobile phones
- Alcohol
- Cigarettes
- Sugar confectionary
- Mineral oil
- Soap
- Carnival/entertainment articles
- Rice bran oil
- Mushrooms
- Imported meat, poultry
- Meat-based processed food
- Vehicle safety glass
- Iron bars, wires and rods
- Motors over 750W
- Lubricants
- Industrial salt
- Mineral water
- Imported carrots
- Chewing gum
Prices down
- Covid-19 test kits
- Ingredients used in anti-cancer medicine
- Ingredients used for producing medicine
- Stainless Steel
- Poultry feed
- Local poultry
- Agricultural machinery
- Microbus, hybrid vehicles, moped
- LED lights
- Materials used for manufacturing medical devices
- Locally produced sanitary napkins
- Fresh fruit
- Puffed rice
- Raw materials for tiles
- Local LPG cylinders
- Locally manufactured or assembled home appliances (blender, juicer, mixer, grinder, electric kettle, rice cooker, multi-cooker, pressure cooker, washing machine, microwave oven, and electric oven)
- Locally produced electronic gadgets (computer, laptop, notebook, notepad, tab, keyboard, mouse, motherboard, power bank, router, network switch, network device/hub, speaker, sound system, earphone, headphone, pen drive, micro SD card, flash memory card, CCTV, monitor, projector, USB cable, data cable, power tiller, combined harvester and thresher machine)
- Paper cup
- Autism services
