KhulnaCorrespondent: Khulna Advisor to the Ministry of Commerce and Textiles and Jute Sheikh Bashiruddin said that last week, the closed government textile mill located in Kurigram was leased to the private sector. As leaseholders, businessmen are getting the opportunity to invest there. It is expected that the process of leasing three more mills will be completed this week. In the case of running jute mills under government management, nothing fruitful in the long term except for losses of thousands of crores of taka. Therefore, there is a plan to leave the jute and textile mills owned by the government to the private sector. To keep all the existing jute mills running in the country, about 4 million metric tons of jute is required annually, but the country’s jute production is only 1.2 million metric tons. Moreover, the annual jute production in the world is only 2.5 million metric tons. In that case, it is not realistic to keep so many institutions running with jute alone. Therefore, the conditions for leasing jute mills to the private sector are being relaxed and other industries are being allowed to be established along with jute-based industries. The advisor said this while briefing media personnel after inspecting the production activities of the privately managed Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation’s Khulna Daulatpur Jute Mill on Monday afternoon. The advisor to the Ministry of Commerce, Textiles and Jute also said that the Daulatpur Jute Mill in Khulna has created employment for about seven hundred people as a private initiative and gradually three thousand more employment opportunities will be created here. Such successful initiatives and investments will open the way for employment. Efforts are ongoing to move forward in a positive and profitable process by keeping the production of jute products and shoes at the mill under private initiative. The implementation of such innovative initiatives by the government is not that fruitful. In response to questions from media personnel, the advisor also said that the existing syndicate in the market is not stronger than the government in terms of price manipulation of daily necessities. The government is monitoring the stock and supply of various products in the country. The temporary crisis in the edible oil market at the moment will be over in a few days. Khulna Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Saiful Islam and officials of Daulatpur Jute Mill were present during the inspection.
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