Key Measures & Commitments

Monthly allowance of Tk 2,500 paid directly to the beneficiary's mobile or bank account via G2P, about three times existing safety-net rates. Family Cards to be distributed to 4.1 million women in FY2026-27 with an allocation of Tk 14,500 crore; the card is issued in the name of the mother or female head of household.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 70-71

Beneficiaries increased by 100,000 to 6.2 million; monthly allowance raised by Tk 50 to Tk 700.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 71

Beneficiaries increased by 100,000 to 3 million; monthly allowance raised from Tk 650 to Tk 700.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 71

Disability Allowance beneficiaries up from 3.45 million to 3.8 million with the monthly rate raised from Tk 900 to Tk 1,000. Disability education stipends expanded from 81,000 to 100,000 students, with monthly rates raised by Tk 100-150 to Tk 1,000 (primary), Tk 1,100 (secondary), Tk 1,200 (higher secondary) and Tk 1,400 (tertiary).

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 71

Monthly allowance of Tk 850 under the Mother and Child Assistance Programme; beneficiaries increased by 124,000 to 1,895,200, with an allocation of Tk 1,944.70 crore.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 71

Citizens aged 65 and above granted full fare exemption on government-owned trains and a 25 percent fare reduction on the metro rail.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 72

One-time financial assistance for patients with cancer and five other chronic and life-threatening diseases doubled from Tk 50,000 to Tk 100,000; beneficiaries increased to 65,000.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 72

The universal pension scheme to be made more attractive by allowing 30 percent of the total amount to be taken as a one-time gratuity.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 72

Monthly honorarium for general freedom fighters maintained at Tk 20,000; monthly allowances for families of titled freedom fighters (Bir Shreshtha, Bir Uttam, Bir Bikram, Bir Protik) raised by Tk 5,000 to Tk 40,000, Tk 30,000, Tk 25,000 and Tk 25,000 respectively.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 73

4,730 Bir Nibas residences to be constructed for freedom fighters in FY2026-27.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 73

Monthly allowances continued: Tk 20,000 for martyrs' families and Tk 20,000, Tk 15,000 and Tk 10,000 for injured categories A, B and C; beneficiaries increased by 1,857 to 16,513; Tk 300 crore allocated for housing support for affected families.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 73

1,040,000 women across 4,586 unions in 493 upazilas receive 30 kg of rice and fortified rice monthly under the Vulnerable Women Benefit (VWB) program.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 122

20 modern daycare centers to be established in the first phase, followed by an additional 60 centers in the next phase.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 123

Total monthly allowance of Tk 10,000 for Imams, Muezzins and Khatibs of mosques, and a total of Tk 8,000 for priests and caretakers of other religious institutions, with festival allowances.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 124

All import duty, regulatory duty, supplementary duty and advance tax fully exempted on 21 types of special assistive devices.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 153

Social protection coverage expanded to bring 15 lakh fisher households under the VGF program, including newly incorporated households from haor and Sundarbans areas.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 68

Farmer Card Program launched 14 April 2026 (pre-pilot: 22,065 farmers). In FY2026-27, 42.5 lakh cards to be distributed across 100 upazilas; landless, marginal and small farmers receive an annual one-time cash assistance of Tk 2,500 plus 10 additional benefits. Initial allocation Tk 1,062.5 crore.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 63

Agricultural loans up to Tk 10,000 including interest waived in the crop, fisheries and livestock sectors; Tk 1,567.96 crore allocated in the current fiscal year for this purpose.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 63

Supply of fertiliser to farmers at subsidised prices continues; 30,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser received free of cost from Russia with WFP assistance, to be distributed free among farmers.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 65

Loans at 4 percent concessional interest for pulses, oilseeds, spices and maize cultivation continue; 4 percent loans for salt cultivation in coastal areas and 5 percent for hill district farmers through Bangladesh Krishi Bank.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 64

The 7.5 percent VAT at the trading stage on all agricultural fertilizers and the 7.5 percent advance tax at the import stage on all agricultural pesticides fully exempted.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 166

Local producers of edible oil using home-grown oilseeds get a 10-year tax benefit: 100 percent exemption for the first 5 years, 50 percent for the next 3 years and 25 percent for the last 2 years.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 135

Rice sold daily at a subsidised Tk 30 per kilogram under additional Open Market Sale activities in 419 upazilas; rice and flour at subsidised prices through more than 1,000 sales centres.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 66

55 lakh beneficiaries receive 30 kg of rice per month at Tk 15 per kilogram for six months during the lean season.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 66

Import duty on raw materials for infant food preparations cut from 15 to 10 percent; the 5 percent regulatory duty on all spices and on imported dates fully withdrawn.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 147

Pledge to progressively raise total health sector allocations to 5.0 percent of GDP within five years; as a first step, FY2026-27 health sector allocations raised to 1.01 percent of GDP.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 54-55

One modern primary healthcare unit planned in each union and one or more in each urban ward, each with three community clinics; every citizen to be issued a Health Card under universal health coverage.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 55

Steps taken to immediately recruit 5,000 MBBS physicians to fill vacancies in government hospitals; recruitment of an additional 100,000 health workers has commenced.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 59

The existing 15 percent VAT and 5 percent advance income tax on imported kidney dialysis filters fully withdrawn; the cost of each dialysis session expected to fall by approximately BDT 800. AIT on 15 imported products for persons with disabilities reduced from 2 to 1 percent.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 132, 150-151

The 10 percent VAT at the supplier stage on imported cardiac stents and intraocular lenses fully exempted; each stent expected to cost up to Tk 20,000 less and each intraocular lens up to Tk 5,000 less.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 166-167

Free education for girls extended up to the graduate level; merit-based scholarship programmes strengthened; school uniforms, shoes and school bags to be provided for students from poor families.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 51

A Mid-Day Meal Programme to be introduced and progressively expanded across the country to meet the nutritional needs of students.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 51

Zero percent tax rate proposed for the solar power sector until 2035, plus a 5 percent tax rebate for consumers on payments against their solar electricity bills.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 135

Import duty, regulatory duty, supplementary duty and advance tax on essential solar-power components reduced to zero percent, effective up to 30 June 2031.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 143

BRTA registration and renewal advance income tax for electric vehicles cut from Tk 200,000 to Tk 25,000-100,000 depending on capacity.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 135

Withholding tax on the import of electric buses, electric trucks and electric charging stations reduced from 5 percent to zero.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 132

Total tax incidence on imported EVs cut from 93 to 64 percent (priced up to USD 25,000) and from 93 to 80 percent (USD 25,000-50,000); brand-new PHEVs up to 1800 cc from 93.16 to 73.437 percent; EV chargers and charging stations from 39.75 percent to zero.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 154-155

Tax-free income threshold raised from Tk 350,000 to Tk 375,000 for assessment years 2026-27 and 2027-28, rising to Tk 400,000 (2028-29 and 2029-30) and Tk 450,000 (2030-31). Higher thresholds for women and senior citizens 65+ (Tk 425,000), third-gender taxpayers and physically challenged persons (Tk 500,000), war-wounded freedom fighters and gazetted July fighters (Tk 525,000), plus an additional Tk 50,000 per disabled child or dependent for parents or guardians.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 128-129

Withholding tax on 60 essentials, including paddy, rice, wheat, potatoes, livestock, poultry, fish, onion, garlic, ginger, salt, sugar, edible oil and seeds, reduced from 5, 2 and 1 percent to 0.5 percent.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 132

Excise duty exemption threshold on bank deposits raised from Tk 300,000 to Tk 400,000; duplicate excise deductions on multiple accounts against a single loan to be eliminated.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 164

The Tk 300 specific tax on each mobile SIM card completely withdrawn to make mobile services more affordable.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 166

Import duty, regulatory duty, supplementary duty and VAT fully withdrawn on laptops, desktop computers, computer printers and computer monitors.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 156

Bangladesh Bank's Tk 60,000 crore Stimulus Package 2026 (Tk 41,000 crore refinancing fund, Tk 19,000 crore from Bangladesh Bank's own resources) for agriculture, CMSMEs, export diversification, North Bengal agriculture and reopening closed industries, with a 6 percent interest subsidy; more than 2.5 million new jobs expected directly and indirectly.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 102

Tk 2,000 crore allocated in FY2026-27 for easy-term SME loans through IDCOL, BIFFL and the SME Foundation.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 103

Tk 500 crore Startup Fund to support new IT entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 86

Income tax exemption extended to all categories of freelancing income; all content creation income made tax-free; zero percent turnover tax for youth startups and technology-based businesses; business turnover up to Tk 5 million (SME entrepreneurs) and Tk 7 million (women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs with disabilities) exempt from income tax; the 15 percent VAT on content creator and freelancer services withdrawn.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 136, 165

Nationwide programme to plant 25 crore trees over five years, creating approximately 350,000 green jobs directly and indirectly.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 113

Initial allocation of Tk 300 crore for the creative economy sector, with a further Tk 500 crore to be mobilized from the CSR sector of Bangladesh Bank.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 96

Dedicated Probashi Card storing the worker's information, skills and terms of employment, linked to a bank payment gateway for easier remittances and connected to welfare services, insurance, banking and emergency assistance; phased distribution from FY2026-27.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 90

Probashi Kallyan Bank loans of up to Tk 1 million on easy terms for overseas-bound workers continue and expand; the existing 2.5 percent cash incentive on remittances sent through legal channels continues.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 91-92

110 existing Technical Training Centres strengthened and 50 new TTCs to be built in 50 more upazilas; 102,400 individuals being trained as skilled drivers for employment in Europe, Japan and the Middle East.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 91

Phased implementation of a new pay structure for public employees from 1 July 2026, the first revision after nearly eleven years under the same pay structure.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 38

Notun Kuri Sports scholarships for talented players aged 12-14 across eight sports; 168,622 players registered (121,492 boys, 47,130 girls); Tk 200 crore allocated in FY2026-27.

Budget Speech FY2026-27 (EN), PDF p. 97