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Land services will be made considerably easier and more investor friendly to improve the ease of doing business in the country, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said.
The minister stated this while addressing as chief guest at the signing ceremony of the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) for the FY23 held at the conference room of the Ministry of Land on Thursday.
Land Secretary Md Mustafizur Rahman PAA chaired the event and signed the agreement on behalf of the land ministry.
“There is no alternative to investing in the productive sector for the economic development of the country. Therefore, in the interest of rapid economic development, the country needs to go many steps further in the ease of doing business index,” Saifuzzaman said.
The minister added, “We have already made arrangements to do the mutation of all the existing important industrial establishments, limited companies, export-oriented industrial establishments and companies in Chittagong, Dhaka, Narayanganj and Gazipur districts in 7 days.” “The recent winning of the land ministry's WSIS Prize and the United Nations Public Service Award indicates that the land ministry is on the right path under the prime minister's direction,” Saifuzzaman added.
He advised the present heads of departments to work in the 'top-down' method going 'out-of-the-box' if necessary to meet the APA target.
He also expressed his commitment to implement the initiatives as per the annual performance agreement by ensuring efficiency, transparency, and accountability.
