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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the economists to design their policies, plans and programmes considering the local realities as advice from a foreigner will not be fruitful here.
From documentation gaps to impractical declarations, how will the many puzzles on the ground be overcome?
Noted economists recommended focusing on macroeconomic stability, publishing the names of top loan defaulters, and forming a review commission on government expenditures.
The Punjabi migration was over in a year or two of Partition but the displacement of Hindu Bengalis continued in very large volumes till 1971 and never stopped. For decades, GoI did precious little for these immigrants even as the state government machinery turned them into a votebank. Citizenship to the undocumented is belated recompense for those who lost everything on the other side of the border
Top economists of the country advised the government against an expansionary budget for next FY25, citing external and internal economic stresses. They also suggested prioritizing macroeconomic stability over growth and taking effective measures to achieve it. The economists...