The government is planning to create posts by mid-November for appointing inspectors to start factory inspection and comply with the action plan laid out by the United States to get GSP facility restored.
“We are working to fulfill all the conditions of the action plan and hope to appoint inspectors by mid-November as the process of creating the posts should be completed by then,” Commence Secretary Mahbub Ahmed said on Sunday. The inspection of the factories would start by the end of November.
A meeting in Dhaka on Sunday discussed the progress of implementation of the action plan and concluded that progress has been made in the 16 points, he added.
RMG stakeholders and representatives from labour, home and commerce ministries were present at the meeting with Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed in the chair.
The Obama administration on June 27 suspended the trade privilege, Generalised System of Preference, for Bangladesh citing poor labour rights and work environment in the country.
European Union declared an action plan on July 19 to improve labour rights of garment workers.
After the suspension of the GSP facilities, the US government set a series of conditions to revise the facilities for Bangladesh and asked the government to fulfill the issues by December before reviewing of the GSP.