National Budget 2013-14

Social Safety Nets

Abdullahil Mamun
Assistant Professor of Economics

Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Social Safety Net Programs (SSNPs)

Allocation in FY2014 Allocations in FY2013 Tk.25371.35 crores Tk 21975.23 crore 11.4% of budget 13.63% of budget 2.13% of GDP. 2.40% of GDP 15.5% higher allocation In terms of lac-man Number of beneficiaries has gone down to 6.8 crore for the next fiscal year from revised 7.09 crore in the outgoing year- fall by 4%
17237.47 (78.44%) 17479.98 (75.68%) 19837.46 (78.19%) Figure-14: Allocation for Social Safety Net Program (Tk. in Crore) Social Protection Social Empowerment

4737.76 (21.56%)

5617.54 (24.32%)

5533.89 (21.81)

1011-12

2012-13

2013-14

In terms of man-month Number of person under coverage has gone down to 1.96 crore for the next fiscal year from 1.99 crore in the outgoing year- fall by 1.5%, whereas the fall was by 10.52 percent in FY2013.
Despite the growth in allocation to SSNPs, its coverage decreases both in terms of lac-man and man-month.
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Social Safety Net Programs (SSNPs)

Social Safety Net Program FY 2012-13 at a Glance (Tk. In Crore) 1011-12 2012-13 FY 2013-14 (Revised) (Revised) Social Protection 17237.47 17479.98 19837.46 Social Empowerment 4737.76 5617.54 5533.89 Total SSNPs 21975.23 23097.52 25371.35 Social Protection (% of GDP) 1.88 1.68 1.67 Social Protection (% of Budget) 10.69 9.23 8.92 Social Empowerment (% of GDP) 0.52 0.54 0.47 Social Empowerment (% of Budget) 2.94 2.97 2.49 Food Security 6758.09 7072.55 6998.08 Food Security (% of GDP) 0.74 0.68 0.59 Food Security (% of Budget) 4.19 3.74 3.15
Source: Budget Documents, FY 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, MOF.

5 new programs are added 5 programs are dropped 33 continuing programs have got lower allocation Tk. 4800 crore more allocation to achieve desired goals (CPD)

Allocation for food security program: Tk. 6998.08 crore , falls by 1.1%, 3.14% of total budget, 27.58% of total SSN budget, 0.68% of GDP. Percentage share of total budget and share of GDP of food security program is continuously falling in recent three years. Similarly, both social empowerment and social protection is decreasing over time as percentage share of GDP and total budget.
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