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PM for tobacco-free state, State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock on reverse

The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared to make the state tobacco-free by 2040 and also prescribed for a simple and effective tobacco taxation policy but the State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Mr. Narayon Chandra Chanda has sent a DO letter to the Finance Minister on May 18, 2016 asking not to impose tax on bidi industry. He strongly has recommended the Finance Minister for annulling the 4th slab of cigarette, the advance income tax on bidi and to keep the supplementary duty of bidi on a minimal level.
Notably, tobacco is the cheapest in Bangladesh and if the prices are not increased with an effective tax, the pledges of the Honorable Prime Minister will turn into a failure.