In the fiscal year 2020-21, the government had set a target of raising BDT 15 thousand and 800 crore from nine autonomous organisations. Accordingly, eight companies have made full payment and the other partial. In all, BDT 15 thousand 200 crore has been deposited in the state treasury. According to the finance department of the Ministry of Finance, the 9 autonomous organisations had a balance of BDT 91 thousand 202 crore till last January.
In the first phase, the finance department asked six companies to deposit BDT 4 thousand 800 crore in the state treasury from their surplus funds for the current fiscal year. The agencies were Chattogram Port Authority, Mongla Port Authority, National University, Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) and Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). Then last December, the finance department asked three more companies to deposit BDT 11 thousand crore. These were Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), Petrobangla and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).
Till May, 8 out of 9 companies have deposited the amount of money determined for them. As a single company, BPC has deposited a maximum of BDT 5 thousand crore in the state treasury. As of 31 January, BPC had a surplus of BDT 32 thousand 583 crore. Petrobangla is the second highest depositor. They have deposited BDT 4 thousand crore from the balance of BDT 19 thousand 290 crore. Chattogram Port Authority has deposited the third highest amount of BDT 3 thousand crore. The balance of Chattogram port is BDT 11 thousand 835 crore.
BPDB has deposited BDT 2 thousand crore from the balance of BDT 22 thousand 503 crore. Besides, EPB has deposited BDT 300 crore, National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) BDT 200 crore, Mongla Port Authority BDT 200 crore and BSTI BDT 100 crore to the state treasury.
