Govt provided Tk97,873cr as subsidy for agriculture in last 13 years: Razzaque
Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque today said that the government has provided over Tk97,873 crore subsidy for the agriculture sector in the last thirteen years.
The minister said this while responding to a query made by ruling party lawmaker Nurrunnabi Chowdhury of Bhola-3 at the question-answer session in the Jatiya Sangsad with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
"The government has provided a total of Tk97,873.55 crore as subsidy in fertiliser, rebate in electricity and diesel in the last thirteen years since 2009", he told the parliament.
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In 2009-2010, the country's total subsidy was Tk4,840.47 crore which includes Tk4,009.43 crore for fertiliser, Tk81.04 crore for electricity rebate and Tk750 crore for diesel.
In 2021-2022, the country's subsidy reached Tk15,168.15 crore which includes Tk14,941.60 crore for fertiliser and Tk226.55 for power rebate.
