Youth and Sports to get Tk 1282 crore

The Youth and Sports Ministry received an allocation of Tk 18 crore more for the 2022-23 fiscal year compared to the ongoing fiscal year when finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed a Tk 6,78,064 crore national budget.

Although there was anticipation that the budget for the youth and sports sector would be reduced following the economic downturn, the government allocated Tk 1282 crore to the ministry for 2022-23, with an operating budget of Tk 876 crore and a development budget of Tk 406 crore.

The allocation is higher than the revised outlay of Tk 1264 crore as well as the original allocation of Tk 1122 crore in the current fiscal.

"We emphasised two things in the sports budget: to create employment for the younger generation by conducting training, increasing the amount of training, organising more competitions and participating in more overseas tournaments," State Minister for Youth and Sports Jahid Ahsan Russel told The Daily Star after the budget was placed.

"We had a Tk 32 crore budget for sports training and participating in tournaments both locally and internationally. We are expecting to get Tk 10 crore more for the same purpose," Russel said.