Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BWCCI) hailed the proposed budget terming it as rational and extensive for the fiscal year 2021-22 in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
BWCCI expresses its gratitude to the government for placing highest importance on health sector especially for protecting the covid-19 pandemic, social safety net, SME sector, industrial sectors and especially for e-commerce as priority sectors.
The Chamberalso praises the government for undertaking the special incentive for the development of the women entrepreneurs working in the SME sector and increasing the amount Taka 70 lac of business turnover of the women entrepreneurs outside the purview of taxation. As a result the women entrepreneurs and the SME sector will be benefitted from this tax exemption.
BWCCI in a statement said the initiative of e-commerce training which will be provided to 5,000 new entrepreneurs under the project titled “I will do e-commerce, build my own business” which has been taken up by the Ministry of Commerce to develop the skills of new entrepreneurs in e-commerce and create small and medium entrepreneurs in e-commerce in the rural economy of the country.
It also mentioned that the allocation of Tk 4,191 crore for the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in the next fiscal year will play a vital role for the development of women and children also the move for employment creation in the IT sector is a timely initiative.