Bangladesh Government has issued a new rule for the investors of textile and readymade garment sector, keeping a provision, which mandates getting fire safety clearance first before registration of a manufacturing unit.
Media reports maintained this while adding the move — styled ‘Textile Industry (registration and one-stop service centre) Rules-2021′, the new rule has been issued by the Ministry of Textile and Jute recently and framed under the Textile Act-2018, which, reportedly, makes it mandatory for investors to obtain both ‘proposed licence’ (‘proposed licence’ will be issued to the textile industries until starting commercial production and this licence will be valid for two years) and ‘existing licence’ (investors will be eligible for ‘existing licence’ after starting commercial production) — from the Department of Textiles (DoT).
Meanwhile, speaking to the media, Mansur Ahmed, the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) Secretary, reportedly, underlined that many of the investors had long been waiting to get a licence from the DoT even as he added the new rules would further worsen the situation, referring to what he, reportedly, alleged ‘corruption’ even as textile mill owners have alleged that to obtain the licences, the investors would have to face hassles and probably also have to pay bribe to the DoT officials.
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