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Muhith optimistic about 6.7 percent growth rate
SANGSAD BHABAN, Mar 14 (BSS)- Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith today expressed his firm optimism that the country would achieve 6.7 percent growth rate this financial year against the backdrop of progressive indication in major economic areas.
The minister said this while presenting a report in the House on this year’s budget implementation, income and expenditure scenario and a macro economic analysis in the first two quarters of the current fiscal.
The minister said some quarters had termed the target of achieving 6.7 percent economic growth as ‘ambitious’. But, I firmly believe that the present government has the ability to achieve the goal.
Referring to a study of Japan International Cooperative Bank (JICB), he said Bangladesh’s position as a destination of foreign investment became 15th in the world from 28th in 2009.
Bangladesh has received foreign investment proposal of Taka 19,000 crore in November 2010 against only 4,300 crore in October 2009, the minister said.
The finance minister said in first two quarters of the current fiscal, the revenue income of the government was Taka 41,432 crore which was 16.5 percent more than the corresponding period of previous year.
