Performance of commerce ministry
Usually, the commerce ministry plays the role of consultant, negotiator and representative of various trade and business related issues from the national to international level. In a third world country this liability is quite tangled because here the ministry is to ensure all pervading facilities to attract foreign and national investors. But from this point of view, is our commerce ministry successful? There are different questions from the specialist level about the pertinence of our minister and the other members of the commerce ministry. The government has removed our commerce minister from his post accusing him of failure to control the price of essential commodities and also for failure to deal with some key international issues. But it is not new to us, already it has happened twice. Here the question is why does it happen again and again? Has it not proved the incompetence of our political leaders?
However, it is a big obstacle in the process of nation's development because it is a ministry which is inseparably related to national economy. Unfortunately, our government has never taken this issue seriously. From my point of view, I can say if the government wants to improve the performance of the ministry, they have to be more concerned about some key issues: the government has to make the proper judgment before giving the charge of a ministry to any member of parliament. The ministry has to be more transparent and accountable.
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