Investment should be boosted thru increasing taxes on priority basis: Finance minister
He said that employment generation would be the central focus of the next national budget, and the government would take all necessary measures to achieve that goal
To help the economy recover from its current challenges, investment should be boosted by increasing taxes on a priority basis, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said today (27 February).
"Our priority is to increase taxes. We need to enhance investment by increasing taxes. Through this, the tax-to-GDP ratio can be increased," he told journalists while visiting the site of a proposed government hospital in the Patenga area of Chattogram city.
The minister made the remarks in response to questions from reporters regarding the government's priorities for overcoming the ongoing economic difficulties and the focus areas of the upcoming national budget.
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Khasru said employment generation remains one of the key priorities outlined in the BNP's electoral programmes, emphasising that investment is critical to creating jobs.
"If there is no investment, where will employment come from? That is why we are emphasising domestic and foreign investment. And we have also pledged to make changes in healthcare and education," he added.
He said that employment generation would be the central focus of the next national budget, and the government would take all necessary measures to achieve that goal.
Earlier, the finance minister inspected the designated land in the Jelepara area under Patenga Police Station in Chattogram for the construction of the proposed government hospital.
