Officials at the Finance Ministry said they had yet to make a decision over the Jute Ministry’s request. Sources at the Finance Ministry said they had long been pursuing the Jute Ministry to submit their business plan for the 26 jute mills, working under the BJMC. “They [the mills] were made self-reliant to bear their own salary expenses,” a senior Finance Ministry official said. “We cannot afford such a huge subsidy for the state-owned jute mills every year, when private sector factories are making money doing the same business,” he added. He said although the workers of the state-owned jute mills are now better paid than those in private jute mills, the government decided to implement the wage commission recommendations on Tuesday.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 02, 2019 18:45 UTC