Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun asked the officials to formulate guidelines for properly implementing the stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to overcome the possible coronavirus impact in the country’s industrial sector.
“A useful guideline and recommendations should be formulated for overcoming the losses in the small, cottage, small and medium industries due to coronavirus, ” he said here.
The minister made the call on Monday while providing necessary instructions to the officers and employees of the Industries Ministry through an audio message from his residence, said an official press release. A committee comprising representatives from Commerce Ministry, BSCIC, SME Foundation, FBCCI, BCI, NASIB and Engineering Industry Owners Association, led by an additional secretary of the Industries Ministry, will have to be formed, he added.
In the audio message, Humayun said that an accurate list of the affected entrepreneurs of small, cottage and small and medium industries has to be prepared for implementing the stimulus package properly. He also directed to formulate monitoring committees at the district and upazila level to avoid misuse of the incentive money.
