Budgets since FY73

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to place the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal (FY20) at the Jatiya Sangsad today.

This will be the country's 48th budget and the 20th of the Awami League government in five terms while Tajuddin Ahmed presented the first budget as the finance minister of the post-independence Bangabandhu government in 1972.

Following is the chronology of national budgets along with their sizes with amounts being in crores:

1972-73     Tajuddin Ahmed     Tk 786     Tk 501

1973-74     Tajuddin Ahmed     Tk 995     Tk 525

1974-75     Tajuddin Ahmed     Tk 1,084     Tk 525

1975-76     Dr Azizur Rahman     Tk 1,549     Tk 950

1976-77     Maj Gen Ziaur Rahman    Tk 1,989     Tk 1,222

1977-78     Lt Gen Ziaur Rahman     Tk 2,184     Tk 1,278

1978-79     President Ziaur Rahman     Tk 2,499     Tk 1,446

1979-80     Dr M N Huda     Tk 3,317     Tk 2,123

1980-81     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 4,108     Tk 2,700

1981-82     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 4,677     Tk 3,015

1982-83     A M A Muhith     Tk 4,738     Tk 2,700

1983-84     A M A Muhith     Tk 5,896     Tk 3,483

1984-85     M Sayeduzzaman     Tk 6,699     Tk 3,896

1985-86     M Sayeduzzaman     Tk 7,138     Tk 3,825

1986-87     M Sayeduzzaman     Tk 8,504     Tk 4,764

1987-88     M Sayeduzzaman     Tk 8,527     Tk 5,046

1988-89     Maj Gen Munim     Tk 10,565     Tk 5,315

1989-90     Dr Wahidul Haq     Tk 12,703     Tk 5,803

1990-91     Maj Gen Munim     Tk 12,960     Tk 5,668

1991-92     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 15,584     Tk 7,500

1992-93     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 17,607     Tk 9,057

1993-94     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 19,050     Tk 9,750

1994-95     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 20,948     Tk 11,000

1995-96     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 23,170     Tk 12,100

1996-97     SAMS Kibria     Tk 24,603     Tk 12,500

1997-98     SAMS Kibria     Tk 27,786     Tk 12,800

1998-99     SAMS Kibria     Tk 29,537     Tk 13,600

1999-00     SAMS Kibria     Tk 34,252     Tk 12,477

2000-01     SAMS Kibria     Tk 38,524     Tk 17,500

2001-02     SAMS Kibria     Tk 42,306     Tk 19,000

2002-03     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 44,854     Tk 19,200

2003-04    M Saifur Rahman     Tk 51,980     Tk 20,300

2004-05    M Saifur Rahman     Tk 57,248     Tk 22,000

2005-06     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 61,058     Tk 23,626

2006-07     M Saifur Rahman     Tk 69,740     Tk 26,000

2007-08     Mirza Azizul Islam     Tk 99,962     Tk 25,600

2008-09    Mirza Azizul Islam     Tk 99,962     Tk 25,400

2009-10     AMA Muhith     Tk 113,815     Tk 28,500

2010-11     AMA Muhith     Tk 132,170     Tk 35,130

2011-12     AMA Muhith     Tk 161,214     Tk 41,080

2012-13     AMA Muhith     Tk 191,738     Tk 52,366

2013-14     AMA Muhith     Tk 222,491     Tk 60,000

2014-15     AMA Muhith     Tk 250,560     Tk 75,000

2015-16     AMA Muhith     Tk 295,100     Tk 93,894

2016-17     AMA Muhith     Tk 340,605     Tk 1,10,700

2017-18     AMA Muhith     Tk 4,00,266     Tk 1,48,381

2018-19     AMA Muhith     TK 4,64,573     Tk 1,73,000

AMA Muhith and Saifur Rahman presented the highest 12 budgets each at different terms of their respective governments. Muhith, however, is the first finance minister who placed the budget for 10 consecutive fiscals since 2009 until he went on retirement after the end of last parliament.