RMG sector needs a separate ministry
Friday, 16 April 2010
Presently, the problems of the RMG sector are looked into and responded, if any, by the Ministry of Industries and the Ministry of Textiles. The RMG industries are but only a part of the concern of these two ministries. Understandably, the RMG sector in this situation cannot get the total and very dedicated attention of the industry ministry and the textile ministry.
Therefore, in order to provide relief to this overburdened ministry as well as to cater adequately to the needs for focused attention to the RMG sector, the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been pleading for long to set up exclusively a separate ministry for the RMG sector. So far, this suggestion has gone unheeded although there is full merit in it as the RMG sector is too vital for the economy.
The RMG sector needs a full fledged ministry to work full time and exclusively for it. The establishment of such a new ministry would be very consistent with the very pressing need to hedge this pivotal economic sector of the country from pitfalls in the short, medium and long terms. Only a ministry devoted entirely to the upliftment of the RMG sector can attend to the many and often complex requirements and problems that need to be met and solved respectively.
Md Ismail Khan
Bara Magbazar, Dhaka
Therefore, in order to provide relief to this overburdened ministry as well as to cater adequately to the needs for focused attention to the RMG sector, the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been pleading for long to set up exclusively a separate ministry for the RMG sector. So far, this suggestion has gone unheeded although there is full merit in it as the RMG sector is too vital for the economy.
The RMG sector needs a full fledged ministry to work full time and exclusively for it. The establishment of such a new ministry would be very consistent with the very pressing need to hedge this pivotal economic sector of the country from pitfalls in the short, medium and long terms. Only a ministry devoted entirely to the upliftment of the RMG sector can attend to the many and often complex requirements and problems that need to be met and solved respectively.
Md Ismail Khan
Bara Magbazar, Dhaka