DHAKA, April 24, 2024 (BSS) - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Ministry of Finance today discussed the issue of providing non-financial
stimulus alongside the ongoing financial stimulus to infuse dynamism in to
the trend of sending remittances through the legal banking channel.

In this regard, the committee discussed the issue of providing Smart Cards to
remitters and their families so that they can avail various facilities. Such
facilities include getting treatment facilities at all levels of government
hospitals by the fathers, mothers, wives and children of the remitters on
priority basis as well as getting special priority from the law enforcement
agencies for their protection.

Besides, the committee also suggested for providing smooth immigration
facilities to the remitters at the airport alongside customs clearance
facilities, said a press release.

These were discussed at the 2nd meeting of the Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Ministry of Finance held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban today with the
committee chairman AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.

Committee members including State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan, MA
Mannan, AK Abdul Momen, Ahmed Firoz Kabir, AKM Selim Osman and Runu Reza
attended the meeting among others.

The meeting was also discussed about the use of smart apps for boosting
inward remittance flow, taking necessary initiatives for providing national
identity cards, birth registration certificates to the expatriates so that
they could send remittances without any hassle, and to conduct the concerned
operations in a transparent platform to infuse dynamism into the operations
of the concerned ministries.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder, secretaries and senior
officials concerned attended the meeting.