The ongoing National Land Conference at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) is a step in the right direction for our land ministry to proactively identify its role moving forward as we inch closer towards middle income status as an economy.
With plans of becoming a smart and prosperous nation in less than two decades, it is imperative that each and every one of our ministries remain up to date with regard to how they would best be able to contribute to us reaching that goal -- which will certainly not be without challenges.
To that end, the objectives of this conference, which include informing citizens, government agencies, and stakeholders about the steps taken by the ministry, creating awareness among people about land management, and giving an idea about the existing laws and regulations related to land are all noteworthy -- having informed citizens, especially when it comes to something as important as land, can only be a positive for any economy, especially one on the road to development such as ours.
Digitization of land services -- much like the digitization of public service delivery across sectors -- has certainly been critical, but more needs to be done on this front, in particular, creating more awareness among the citizens that this is possible, without them having to go through the hassles typically associated with receiving any public services related to land.
As we build together as an economy, traversing the myriad novel challenges that will continue to emerge, we must have all of our ministries -- with the ministry of land being among the most critical -- on the same page so that we are successful in fulfilling our greatest ambition.