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District-wise budgets planned for future

Says finance minister

Star Business Report
The government will take initiatives to frame district-wise budgets in future, said the finance minister yesterday.
“Budgets for some districts will be framed on a pilot basis from the next year,"AMA Muhith told a workshop in Dhaka yesterday.
Held at the Cirdap auditorium, the work-shop on Gender Budgeting in Bangladesh was organised by
Unnayan Shamannay with support from the Canadian International Development Agency, Dhaka (CIDA) to motivate policy makers to frame national budgets that focus on reducing existing gender inequalities.
Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert McDougall also spoke on the occasion. Representatives of NGOs and union councils also took part in the discussion, chaired by Unnayan Shamannay Chairman Atiur Rahman.
The minister promised to disaggregate the impacts of gender in the budgets of three ministries and unveiled his plans to merge both development and revenue budgets, to present it in an integrated outlay.
He said disaggregated accounts on the
implications of gender in the Ministry of Education, Health and Social Welfare would be provided.
On combining both non-development and development expenditure, he said: “It's my long cherished vision to do so. I am merging these two to bring about positive outcomes.'
Discussants demanded a rise in the targeted expenditure for women, more entry of women in technical educational fields and appointment of women in field level agricultural extension activities.
They also wanted a rise in the budget to assist destitute women and widows, so that more women reap the benefits.
Muhith said an elimination of gender inequality requires a change in mindset. He cited his experience in the government during the early 80s and said: "I don't see any major change in the mindset, in regards to reduction of gender inequalities.”
The face of the government remains male-dominated, although some key positions have been taken over by women, he said.
“Without affirmative action, women empowerment can not be attained,” he pointed out.
The finance minister said he would try i to incorporate the representation of ' women, workers and migrants in the I recently formed taskforce on recession.