Dhaka, May 6 -- Voluntary Consumers Training & Awareness Society (VOCTA) on Sunday urged the government to take effective steps to formulate a consumer-friendly budget with special emphasis on inflation control, employment and income growth.
The organization's Executive director Md. Khalilur Rahaman Sajal made the suggestion on behalf of VOCTA, an organization of consumer rights protection movement, at a press conference held at Abdus Salam Hall of Jatiya Press Club today.
In continuation of the pre-budget proposals of 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 financial years, a 19-point recommendation was presented to make the upcoming budget of Fiscal Year 2024-2025 more people-oriented. The recommendations included reducing the price of goods to keep it...