A total of 13 thousand 111 crore taka has been allocated in the ICT sector in the proposed fiscal year 2018-19 to create 'Digital Bangladesh'. This amount is approximately 2.82 percent of the proposed national budget. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhit said in the budget speech of the Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhit in the budget speech of the finance minister on Thursday, "We have developed and expanded the infrastructure with the aim of providing easy service to the doorsteps of the country including marginalized people."
This amount of Tk.1470 crores more than the outgoing FY2017-18 fiscal year. In the farewell fiscal year, the amount of allocation was 11 thousand 641 crores. In the meantime, this is the highest allocation in the last five years. In the year 2014-15, the total allocation was about 4,669 crore taka.