Dhaka, June 14 -- Power and Energy sector has got an allocation of TK 19 thousand and 100 core as subsidy and cash loan in the proposed budget of FY-2019-20.

The power sector alone has got an allocation of TK 9,500 crore as cash loan while the energy sector has got an allocation of TK 9,600 crore as subsidy in the proposed budget.

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on yesterday has placed the proposed budget for the fiscal year of 2019-20 before the parliament. However, due to the physical illness of Kamal, the budget presentation was completed by the PM Sheikh Hasina.

The finance minister has proposed to allocate an accumulated amount of Tk 28,051 crore for the power and energy sector for the FY-2019-20 which is 5.84% higher than the ...