Dhaka, Nov. 24 -- Discriminatory VAT imposing pushed environment-friendly auto brick factories in edge while the polluting brick-kilns getting government's blessing by fixing less tax, stakeholders said.
Experts said, government is blessing the air polluting traditional brick kilns and imposing high tax on environment-friendly auto brick factories.
It makes entrepreneurs reluctant to establish environment-friendly auto brick factories.
On the other hand, traditional brick kilns expanded day after day instead of shutting down. As a result, the ways of getting clean air is becoming shrinking day after day.
At the same time, the government losses about Tk 2000 crore annually by fixing less VAT on traditional air pollution oriented brick ki...