The interim government is unlikely to make downward revision to the national budget announced in June for the current financial year of 2025-26.
Officials said that the overall budget size at Tk 7.9 lakh crore might stay intact with a revision between the non-development and development allocations.
The Finance Division is under pressure with demands for the non-development allocations like salaries and allowances against the slow spending in the development budget, said finance ministry officials.
On July 27, the government formed the National Pay Commission 2025 for hiking salaries for about 18 lakh public officials and employees.
Led by former finance secretary Zakir Ahmed Khan, the pay commission has been asked to submit recommendations on pay hikes within six months.
Officials made the remarks ahead of the meeting of the coordination council on macro-economy and budget management to be held on Monday.
With finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair, the meeting is聽 expected to review the overall macro-economy and the budget implementation to make necessary revision to it.
Unlike the past years, the finance adviser has already said that the national budget will be revised before the next Jatiya Sangsad elections in February so that the new elected government faces no problems to maintain the continuity.
To make up the paid-up capital of the proposed merged units of five sharia-based private banks, the Finance Division has to clear the funding of Tk 20,000 crore in the current national budget.
In the first quarter of the FY26, around Tk 1,04,964 crore of the national budget was spent between July and September, according to the Finance Division report released in the past week.
Of the first quarter expenditure, non-development budget accounted for Tk 90,534 crore and the development budget Tk10,490 crore.
The revenue income stood at 1,17,840 crore in the first quarter with the National Board of Revenue collecting Tk 92,296 crore.