পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৭৪

646 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড first to rehabilitation and reconstruction, and to breaking the most important and persistent physical and organizational bottlenecks impeding efforts to revive economic activity. It is clear from the earlier analysis that important problems must be overcome in all major sectors. In agriculture, once security is restored in the countryside, the vital factors are likely to be seed production and distribution; the distribution of other inputs, particularly fertilizer; and the ample provision of credit for the purchase of draught animals and equipment. Once the security situation has improved to the point that most workers have returned to their jobs, re-activation of industry and trade will probably require special supporting measures directly in the form of special credit facilities, deferral of debt service payments, and tax relief; indirectly through the restoration of purchasing power and reconstruction of workers' housing. 77. Because the Mission was pre-occupied during its short stay in East Pakistan with gathering facts about the existing situation and with problems of immediate urgency, it is unable to suggest concretely by what programs and measures the Government could be most helpful in stimulating and aiding economic recovery in the Province, beyond ensuring that adequate food supplies are available at prices people can afford, that available transport capacity is used efficiently, and that the Province's infrastructure is restored to working order. To identify such programs and measures and to translate them into workable schemes is obviously an urgent next step for the Government to take. Similarly, while the Mission regards it as impractical, at least for 1971/72, to think in terms of the usual development program and resumption of developmental activity over the full range, there are obviously areas of very high priority where everything possible should be done to carryon. A list of such areas would almost certainly include: rice research, juts (market) research and promotion, seed production and improvement (rice and jute), food storage and distribution, and rural infrastructure including the rural works, than a irrigation and integrated rural development programs. However, here too, an operational program needs to be prepared and to the extent that there are conflicts, priorities established between the development and economic recovery programs. Secondly, a realistic fiscal program needs to be prepared, comprising both the generation of public resources and their regional allocation, to ensure that the pace of economic recovery in East Pakistan is not held back by lack of adequate rupee resources.