DHAKA, May 30, 2019 (BSS) – The government for the first time is going to
create a ‘Start Up Fund’ for the new entrepreneurs in the upcoming budget for
the next fiscal year (FY20) in a bid to generate more employments through
creating new entrepreneurs.
Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Finance M Habibur Rahman said this
while addressing a training Programme for the economic reporters organized by
the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB).
Habibur said employments are not being created in that pace, the way
Bangladesh is witnessing higher growth over the last few years.
Although many are terming this as ‘job-less’ growth, he said the government
is going to create this ‘Start up Fund’ to create employments, especially for
the new entrepreneurs.
Habibur also informed that special measures would be taken so that the real
entrepreneurs get assistance from this fund.
He, however, gave no information about the size of the fund.
Besides, he said that special initiatives would be there in the next budget
for ensuring diversification of exports.
“Like the RMG sector, we’ll give such stimulus to some other products to
expand the export basket. Special allocation will be kept in the next budget
for some products, “he added.
Mentioning that the government has already set a target to identify one
crore new taxpayers, the senior Finance Division official said that special
measures would be there in the ensuing budget to boost revenue generation.
He said the government would appoint some 10,000 university students who
would look for new taxpayers, by going door to door for a period of three to
six months and thus it would be possible to find one crore new taxpayers.
Habibur also informed that special measures would be there for the small
investors, who are affected in the capital market.