About 40 thousand crore more revenue collection than last financial year: Finance Minister

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said that NBR has collected more than Tk.

Awami League member of Parliament M. on Tuesday (February 7). The Finance Minister gave this information in a written reply to a question of Abdul Latif.

The finance minister said that in the financial year 2021-22, NBR has collected 3 lakh 1 thousand 633. 84 crores. 2 lakh 61 thousand 689.20 crore was collected in the previous financial year. That is, compared to the previous financial year (2020-21), the revenue collection in 2021-22 is Tk 39 thousand 944 crore 64 lakh more.

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In response to separate questions from ruling party members Kazim Uddin Ahmed and Ali Azam, the finance minister said that there is no plan to increase the profit rate of family savings cards for now. The interest rate on family savings bonds may be revised considering the investment situation.

In response to another question from the ruling party member of parliament Kazim Uddin Ahmed, AHM Mustafa Kamal said, "There is no plan to provide interest-free loans to farmers in order to provide agricultural support to increase the production of agriculture in the country."

In response to the question of Mamunur Rashid Kiran of Noakhali-3 Constituency, he said that the revenue collection target for the current financial year is Rs.