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Draft industrial policy in 3 months
Unb, Dhaka
Industries Minister Dilip Barua yesterday urged the local entrepreneurs to come forward to set up knowledge-based and labour intensive industries for industrial growth.
“Local entrepreneurs are to come forward and invest for the desired industrial growth,” he told the leaders of Corrugated Carton Accessories Manufacturers and Exporters Association who met him at his office in the afternoon.
Barua said a draft ‘industrial policy’ is in the making and will be announced in three months. The policy will attach priority to the knowledge based and labour intensive small and medium industries with incentives to the entrepreneurs.
The draft policy will encourage Bangladesh expatriates, local and foreign entrepreneurs to invest more for rapid industrial growth and generate employment opportunities, he added.
The minister urged the entrepreneurs to concentrate on producing quality products to compete in the world market.
The BCCMEA leaders Safiullah Chowdhury, Mir Mahmud Ali, Nazim uddin Chowdhury, Saleh Ahmed Babu and ASM Julfikar Haider were among others who met the minister.
They informed the minister that corrugated cartoon accessories manufacturers fetch foreign currency worth Tk 7,000 crore every year by exporting their products. They urged the minister to set up a packaging institute in the country.
