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Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is set to place the proposed national budget for fiscal year (2024-2025) at the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday afternoon.
This will be the country's 53rd budget and the 25th of the Awami League government in six terms.
Tajuddin Ahmed presented the country’s first budget as finance minister of the post-independence Bangabandhu government in 1972.
This budget for FY25 will be the maiden budget of incumbent Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali, who previously served the Cabinet as the Minister for Disaster Management and Relief and the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Below is the chronology of all national budgets from 1972-73 to 2023-24, including the respective fiscal years, individuals who presented the budgets, budget sizes, and ADP sizes.
Fiscal Year - Who placed - Total Size – ADP
1972-73 - Tajuddin Ahmed - Tk 7.86 billion - Tk 5.01 billion
1973-74 - Tajuddin Ahmed - Tk 9.95 billion - Tk 5.25 billion
1974-75 - Tajuddin Ahmed - Tk 10.84 billion - Tk 5.25 billion
1975-76 - Dr Azizur Rahman Mollik - Tk 15.49 billion - Tk 9.50 billion
1976-77 - Maj Gen Ziaur Rahman - Tk 19.89 billion - Tk 12.22 billion
1977-78 - Lt Gen Ziaur Rahman - Tk 21.84 billion - Tk 12.78 billion
1978-79 - President Ziaur Rahman - Tk 24.99 billion - Tk 14.46 billion
1979-80 - Dr M N Huda - Tk 33.17 billion - Tk 21.23 billion
1980-81 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 41.08 billion - Tk 27.00 billion
1981-82 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 46.77 billion - Tk 30.15 billion
1982-83 - A M A Muhith - Tk 47.38 billion - Tk 27.00 billion
1983-84 - A M A Muhith - Tk 58.96 billion - Tk 34.83 billion
1984-85 - M Sayeduzzaman - Tk 66.99 billion - Tk 38.96 billion
1985-86 - M Sayeduzzaman - Tk 71.38 billion - Tk 38.25 billion
1986-87 - M Sayeduzzaman - Tk 85.04 billion - Tk 47.64 billion
1987-88 - M Sayeduzzaman - Tk 85.27 billion - Tk 50.46 billion
1988-89 - Maj Gen Munim - Tk 105.65 billion - Tk 53.15 billion
1989-90 - Dr Wahidul Haq - Tk 127.03 billion - Tk 58.03 billion
1990-91 - Maj Gen Munim - Tk 129.60 billion - Tk 56.68 billion
1991-92 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 155.84 billion - Tk 75.00 billion
1992-93 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 176.07 billion - Tk 90.57 billion
1993-94 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 190.50 billion - Tk 97.50 billion
1994-95 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 209.48 billion - Tk 110.00 billion
1995-96 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 231.70 billion - Tk 121.00 billion
1996-97 - SAMS Kibria - Tk 246.03 billion - Tk 125.00 billion
1997-98 - SAMS Kibria - Tk 277.86 billion - Tk 128.00 billion
1998-99 - SAMS Kibria - Tk 295.37 billion - Tk 136.00 billion
1999-00 - SAMS Kibria - Tk 342.52 billion - Tk 124.77 billion
2000-01 - SAMS Kibria - Tk 385.24 billion - Tk 175.00 billion
2001-02 - SAMS Kibria - Tk 423.06 billion - Tk 190.00 billion
2002-03 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 448.54 billion - Tk 192.00 billion
2003-04 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 519.80 billion - Tk 203.00 billion
2004-05 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 572.48 billion - Tk 220.00 billion
2005-06 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 610.58 billion - Tk 236.26 billion
2006-07 - M Saifur Rahman - Tk 697.40 billion - Tk 260.00 billion
2007-08 - Mirza Azizul Islam - Tk 999.62 billion - Tk 256.00 billion
2008-09 - Mirza Azizul Islam - Tk 999.62 billion - Tk 254.00 billion
2009-10 - AMA Muhith - Tk 1.14 trillion - Tk 285.00 billion
2010-11 - AMA Muhith - Tk 1.32 trillion - Tk 351.30 billion
2011-12 - AMA Muhith - Tk 1.61 trillion - Tk 410.80 billion
2012-13 - AMA Muhith - Tk 1.92 trillion - Tk 523.66 billion
2013-14 - AMA Muhith - Tk 2.22 trillion - Tk 600.00 billion
2014-15 - AMA Muhith - Tk 2.51 trillion - Tk 750.00 billion
2015-16 - AMA Muhith - Tk 2.95 trillion - Tk 938.94 billion
2016-17 - AMA Muhith - Tk 3.41 trillion - Tk 1.11 trillion
2017-18 - AMA Muhith - Tk 4.00 trillion - Tk 1.48 trillion
2018-19 - AMA Muhith - Tk 4.65 trillion - Tk 1.73 trillion
2019-20 - AHM Mustafa Kamal - Tk 5.23 trillion - Tk 2.02 trillion
2020-21 - AHM Mustafa Kamal - Tk 5.68 trillion - Tk 2.05 trillion
2021-22 - AHM Mustafa Kamal - Tk 6.03 trillion - Tk 2.25 trillion
2022-23 - AHM Mustafa Kamal - Tk 6.78 trillion - Tk 2.46 trillion
2023-24 – AHM Mustafa Kamal – Tk 7.61 trillion – Tk 2.63 trillion
AMA Muhith and Saifur Rahman presented the highest 12 budgets each at different terms of their respective governments.
Muhith, however, is the first finance minister who placed the budget for 10 consecutive fiscals since 2009 until he went on retirement after the end of the last parliament.