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Most black money was made during last caretaker govt

Alleges industries minister

Star Business Report
Industries Minister Dilip Barua slammed yesterday the last caretaker government in presence of its two advisers, saying that people's, especially businessmen's, huge money was 'extoned' taking them 'captive' during its two-year regime.
“The caretaker government made room to create a huge amount of black money during its two-year time,” alleged the minister, while addressing a seminar on "Budget 2009-10: From the perspective of domestic industries' development", organised by Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
He said most of the black money was made during their regime.
However former finance adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam urged the government to take immediate steps to improve law and order situation for smooth running of businesses.
He said the law and order situation deteriorated recently and it might cast a negative impact on investment and businesses soon. "The government must take measures to stop extortion from the business houses," Azizsaid.
He also suggested the government should improve power and energy situation soon as the country is reeling from frequent outages, which is thwarting business and industrial growth.
"During our regime, system loss of power was only 11 percent and now it is continuing at more than 22 percent. Somebody should explain such situation," the former adviser said.
Criticising narrowing down the activities of Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC), he also said RRC and Bangladesh Better Business Forum were formed to oversee minor regulatory problems of businesses.
Responding to businessmen's queries, he said not only the field level and upper level officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) but police and other administrative officials sometimes create obstacles to running business smoothly.
Aziz said the provision of borrowing by the government from banks would not create any negative impact on loan to the private sector, as there is an excess liquidity in the banking system.
"1 tried to make the NBR officials understand that we are civil servants, but majority of them did not respond to my call," he said.
The former adviser said the proposed budget is a business friendly one, but not consumer-friendly.
Hossain Zillur Rahman, former commerce adviser to the caretaker government, said the government is showing a 'stepson-like attitude' towards the domestic economy.
"We must give up such attitude, " Rahman said.
He said: "The real SMEs are out of SME definition and so these are still suffering from fund crisis."
He urged the government to complete the works of turning BGMEA Institute of Fashion and Technology (BIFT) into a full-fledged university to ensure skilled manpower in readymade garment sector.
"I completed almost all the formalities for making the BIFT a university, but there was time limitation," he said.
Dilip Barua said undisclosed money must be invested in the industrial sector as this is the only productive sector and generates a huge employment
Barua also said the undisclosed money could be invested in industries like shipbuilding, electronics, poultry, leather, power and roads. "The government is trying to take a pragmatic decision about the undisclosed money," he said.
He said the proposed budget for fiscal 2009-10 is more industry-friendly than any other previous budgets. "We need to establish an SME bank so that every small and medium entrepreneur can get collateral-free loan," Barua said.
In an open session at the seminar, Monowar Hossain, a businessman, urged the government to reduce public expenditure and said assigning Rab for VAT collection would create an obstacle to business growth.
MA Malek Chowdhury’ from pharmaceuticals sector called upon the government to withdraw tax from some life-saving drugs.
A woman entrepreneur, Ferdousi Begum, urged the government to give recognition to the Dholaikhal- and Zinzira-based businesses.