Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal is set to place the national budget for 2020-21 fiscal (FY21) at the Jatiya Sangsad today.
This will be the country’s 49th budget and the 21st by the Awami League government in five terms while Tajuddin Ahmed presented the first budget as the finance minister of the post-independence Bangabandhu Government in 1972, reports BSS.
Following is the chronology of national budgets along with their sizes with amounts being in crores:
Fiscal Who Placed Total Size ADP
1972-73 Tajuddin Ahmed Tk 786 Tk 501
1973-74 Tajuddin Ahmed Tk 995 Tk 525
1974-75 Tajuddin Ahmed Tk 1,084 Tk 525
1975-76 Dr AR Mollik Tk 1,549 Tk 950
1976-77 Maj Gen Ziaur Rahman Tk 1,989 Tk 1,222
1977-78 Lt Gen Ziaur Rahman Tk 2,184 Tk 1,278
1978-79 President Ziaur Rahman Tk 2,499 Tk 1,446
1979-80 Dr M N Huda Tk 3,317 Tk 2,123
1980-81 M Saifur Rahman Tk 4,108 Tk 2,700
1981-82 M Saifur Rahman Tk 4,677 Tk 3,015
1982-83 A M A Muhith Tk 4,738 Tk 2,700
1983-84 A M A Muhith Tk 5,896 Tk 3,483
1984-85 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 6,699 Tk 3,896
1985-86 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 7,138 Tk 3,825
1986-87 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 8,504 Tk 4,764
1987-88 M Sayeduzzaman Tk 8,527 Tk 5,046
1988-89 Maj Gen Munim Tk 10,565 Tk 5,315
1989-90 Dr Wahidul Haq Tk 12,703 Tk 5,803
1990-91 Maj Gen Munim Tk 12,960 Tk 5,668
1991-92 M Saifur Rahman Tk 15,584 Tk 7,500
1992-93 M Saifur Rahman Tk 17,607 Tk 9,057
1993-94 M Saifur Rahman Tk 19,050 Tk 9,750
1994-95 M Saifur Rahman Tk 20,948 Tk 11,000
1995-96 M Saifur Rahman Tk 23,170 Tk 12,100
1996-97 SAMS Kibria Tk 24,603 Tk 12,500
1997-98 SAMS Kibria Tk 27,786 Tk 12,800
1998-99 SAMS Kibria Tk 29,537 Tk 13,600
1999-00 SAMS Kibria Tk 34,252 Tk 12,477
2000-01 SAMS Kibria Tk 38,524 Tk 17,500
2001-02 SAMS Kibria Tk 42,306 Tk 19,000
2002-03 M Saifur Rahman Tk 44,854 Tk 19,200
2003-04 M Saifur Rahman Tk 51,980 Tk 20,300
2004-05 M Saifur Rahman Tk 57,248 Tk 22,000
2005-06 M Saifur Rahman Tk 61,058 Tk 23,626
2006-07 M Saifur Rahman Tk 69,740 Tk 26,000
2007-08 Mirza Azizul Islam Tk 99,962 Tk 25,600
2008-09 Mirza Azizul Islam Tk 99,962 Tk 25,400
2009-10 AMA Muhith Tk 113,815 Tk 28,500
2010-11 AMA Muhith Tk 132,170 Tk 35,130
2011-12 AMA Muhith Tk 161,214 Tk 41,080
2012-13 AMA Muhith Tk 191,738 Tk 52,366
2013-14 AMA Muhith Tk 222,491 Tk 60,000
2014-15 AMA Muhith Tk 250,560 Tk 75,000
2015-16 AMA Muhith Tk 295,100 Tk 93,894
2016-17 AMA Muhith Tk 340,605 Tk 1,10,700
2017-18 AMA Muhith Tk 4,00,266 Tk 1,48,381
2018-19 AMA Muhith TK 4,64,573 Tk 1,73,000
2019-20 AHM Mustafa Kamal Tk 5,23,190 TK 2,02,721
Being longest serving finance minister AMA Muhith and Saifur Rahman presented 12 budgets each at different terms of their respective governments.
Muhith, however, remained to be the lone finance minister to present the budget for 10 consecutive fiscals from 2009 until he went on retirement after the end of last parliament in 2018.