ISLAMABAD: The advisory committee of the Planning Commission prodded the government into fixing and categorising taxation and reducing corruption besides laying great emphasis on the development of human resource and institutional capacity in Vision 2025.
The advisory committee members comprising Planning Commission, private sector and academia emphasised that there was a strong need for preparing policy on population boom, water shortage, climate change and agriculture, power and industry development.
They warned that delay or failure to take head-on measures will plunge the country into serious crisis including water and food. The meeting was held with its chairmanship Ahsan Iqbal to fine-tune Vision 2025 draft and 11th Five-Year Plan 2013-18.
While highlighting the issues, the members regretted that the practice of preparing plans had always carried out but without any implementation, depriving the country of its benefits. They said the government had to implement the policies and planes to achieve their targets. They pointed out that the government should identify specific drivers of growth such as the private sector in agriculture, industry and services to help the economy gain momentum.
