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Businesses fail to propose reforms needed

Says Regulatory Reforms Commission chairman

Star Business Report
The Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) is yet to receive enough specific recommendations from the business community seeking reforms in the government rules and regulations, its Chairman Akbar Ali Khan said yesterday
“We are not getting specific and sufficient number of proposals for reforms. Let me know your specific problems in the existing laws. If we know your problems specifically, .we will be able to place our recom-mendations,’ he said. Akbar made the comments at the inauguration of a new conference room and office of Bangladesh
Association of Software & Information Services (BASIS), a national lobby group for software industry that has a market size of about Tk 300 crore.
The government in October last year formed the RRC to overhaul outdated administrative rules and regulations with specific focus on removing botdenecks in economic investment, commerce and trade.
“I don't know if the government will accept my recommendations or not, but I will cany out advocacy in, public,” he said, mentioning that he will suggest the government take IT as one of the priority sectors.
Akbar said the formation of the RRC has created greater expecta-
tions among people.
But completing all the tasks are difficult given the limited time and resources, he said, adding that the commission will concentrate mainly on employment-intensive sectors.
“Unemployment is a major problem in Bangladesh. If we can ensure employment, we will be able to cut poverty, safeguard democracy and human rights," the RRC chairman said.
Akbar, also a former finance adviser to the caretaker goyefn-ment, said national laws need continued revision in line with the demand of time. “We have some good laws. But the problem is in implementation.”
BASIS President Rafiqul Islam Rowly said software makers do not get adequate financing from banks and sought government intervention in this regard.
The BASIS president also urged the government to impart advanced ICT education at educational institutes to create skilled human resources. If the government wants to sustain its reform programmes, it will have to seek assistance from ICT sector, he said.
lie expressed dissatisfaction over the tendency to treat the sector on the basis of export earning. "We should look at the sector from a nation-building perspective," he said.