Govt sets target to improve industrial productivity
Industries minister says in discussion with regional experts
People are working at a denim factory in Chattogram. The government aims to improve productivity in industries, agriculture and services sectors. Photo: Star/file Star Business Report Star Business Report
The government targets to improve productivity in all industrial sectors to 5.6 per cent from the existing 3.8 per cent within the next 10 years, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun yesterday.
The government is formulating a 10-year national productivity masterplan in collaboration with Japan-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) and Bangladesh National Productivity Organisation, according to a statement from the industries ministry.
Productivity in all sectors to rise by 2030
APO, NPO formulated master plan
Staff Correspondent
21st January, 2021 10:38:38
The productivity in all sectors of Bangladesh will increase from the current 3.8 percent to 5.6 percent by 2030 in line with a government master plan, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun. Asian Productivity Organization (APO) and Bangladesh s National Productivity Organization (NPO) have formulated a master plan for 2021-2030 period, said the minister while attending virtual inauguration ceremony of the 60th anniversary of APO on Thursday.
NPO s general secretary Dr. Dr. AKP Mochtan, Director of APO of Japan (Assistant Minister and Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan) Atsushi Ueno and Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of Vietnam Lee Xuan Dinh spoke on the occasion.