Top priority on agriculture, edn, health in budget stressed

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a public meeting here yesterday emphasized on giving top priority to the region’s agriculture and agri-processing, education, health, food security and poverty alleviation in the forthcoming national budget of fiscal 2016-17, reports BSS.
They viewed that enhanced priority and subsidy to the sector of agriculture along with its subsectors and income generation could be the effective means of boosting its field level outputs leading to food security.
Rajshahi Rakkha Sangram Parishad (RRSP) organised the meeting at Gonokpara area in the city putting forward a 10-point demand. With RRSP President Liakat Ali in the chair, General Secretary Jamat Khan, Organising Secretary Debashish Pramanik, President of Rajshahi Advocates Bar Association Nazmus Sadaat, President of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Md Muniruzzaman, Editor of Daily Sonar Desh Akbarul Hassan Millat and President of Businessmen Coordination Council Sekendar Ali spoke on the occasion.
“Justice and poor-friendly development in the forthcoming budget and five-year plan” was slogan of the meeting.
The speakers mentioned that the budget should be pro-people and welfare-oriented so that it could bring economic emancipation of the people in general.
They underscored the need for giving priority to agriculture, food security and agro-based industries in the budget for Rajshahi region.
The speakers said there is no alternative to an investment-friendly atmosphere for attracting the entrepreneurs towards agro-processing industries in the region as its economy is completely dependent on agriculture, they mentioned.
They urged the government to identify the local needs through proper assessment everywhere in the region and bring those under budgetary allocation for the sake of a balanced development of the country. Some vital sectors of the region like setting up of an agro-based export processing zone, revitalization of the silk, enriching surface water resources and facing the adverse impact of climate change should be brought under the budgetary allocation.

Top priority on agriculture, edn, health in budget stressed

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a public meeting here yesterday emphasized on giving top priority to the regions agriculture and agri-processing, education, health, food security and poverty alleviation in the forthcoming national budget of fiscal 2016-17, reports BSS. They viewed that enhanced priority and subsidy to the sector of agriculture along with its subsectors and income generation could be the effective means of boosting its field level outputs leading to food security. Rajshahi Rakkha Sangram Parishad (RRSP) organised the meeting at Gonokpara area in the city putting forward a 10-point demand. With RRSP President Liakat Ali in the chair, General Secretary Jamat Khan, Organising Secretary Debashish Pramanik, President of Rajshahi Advocates Bar Association Nazmus Sadaat, President of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Md Muniruzzaman, Editor of Daily Sonar Desh Akbarul Hassan Millat and President of Businessmen Coordination Council Sekendar Ali spoke on the occasion. Justice and poor-friendly development in the forthcoming budget and five-year plan was slogan of the meeting. The speakers mentioned that the budget should be pro-people and welfare-oriented so that it could bring economic emancipation of the people in general. They underscored the need for giving priority to agriculture, food security and agro-based industries in the budget for Rajshahi region. The speakers said there is no alternative to an investment-friendly atmosphere for attracting the entrepreneurs towards agro-processing industries in the region as its economy is completely dependent on agriculture, they mentioned. They urged the government to identify the local needs through proper assessment everywhere in the region and bring those under budgetary allocation for the sake of a balanced development of the country. Some vital sectors of the region like setting up of an agro-based export processing zone, revitalization of the silk, enriching surface water resources and facing the adverse impact of climate change should be brought under the budgetary allocation.