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Allocate lOpc of budget spending for the disabled

Govt urged

Star Business Report
Speakers at a roundtable discussion yesterday urged the government to take measures to allocate 10 percent of the budgetary expenditure in the next fiscal year for the welfare of the disabled.
They said no development is possible in the country if the country's disabled people are excluded from the country's annual fiscal measures.
Action on Disability and Development (ADD), National Grassroots Disabled Organisation (NGDO) and National Council of Disabled Women (NCDW) jointly organised the roundtable under the banner “Towards a Disability
Inclusive National Budget” at the Cirdap auditorium in the city.
President of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad attended the discussion as the chief guest. Abul Barakat, an economist, presented the keynote paper on 'Disabled People in Bangladesh: Conditions and Future, Government Allocation and Justified Allocation', while ADD Country Director Mosharraf Hossain presided over.
Economist Dr Atiur Rahman and Editor of The Financial Express Moazzem Hossain were also present as special guests.
In his keynote paper Prof Barakat said there are 1.5 crore people in the country with multiple disability and the government should allocate Tk 13,374 crore in the next budget for the development of these disabled people.
“The government should allocate khas land (state-owned fallow land) to the disabled people on priority basis for cultivation and rehabilitation," Barakat said.
Kholiquzzaman said the political leaders failed to formulate the disable inclusive policies in the country over the years, adding that as a result, a major segment of the population has been deprived of their human rights.
The disabled people should be brought into the mainstream economic activities through the budgetary allocation, he added.
Atiur said there should be a national database on the disabled people to facilitate decision making of the government and other organizations for theirwelfare.
Moazzem Hossain said the government should increase public spending for the benefit of the disabled people.
At the open session of the roundtable, Rina Roy, director (Rights) of Manusher Jonno Foundation, said a lot of people, especially the women, become disabled as a result of domestic violence.
Some disabled students, who were present at the discussion, urged the government to implement its decision to provide separate quota for them in the public services.