Bangladesh is the second in the world in terms of number of freelancers. According to Oxford University's Oxford University report, 16 percent of the world's total market share is in Bangladesh.
The government wants to provide cash assistance to the freelancers Attempts are made to build a policy framework in this regard. Initially, institutional outsourcing has been put on the cash incentive list. They get 10 percent government subsidy or subsidy. Now the freelancers who are outsourcing these subsidies or subsidized individuals are seen to be getting it. The matter has been confirmed by the call, telecommunications and IT minister Mustafa Jabber. On the other hand, the circular issued by the Bangladesh Bank on February 8 for the decision to give 10 percent cash aid or subsidy to the IT export was not clear whether the subsidy will be available to the freelancers out of the people.
In an interview on the first day of February, Information Technology Mostafa Jabbar said, "It is being seen how we can give cash incentives to freelancers. The matter has not yet been very clear. We will try so that the matter can be made clear, not just the institutions, who freelancing personally, can also get the cash assistance. "In this case, all the efforts are being made to help the kind of support that is needed," said the minister. .
The government last year took an initiative to create an action plan for freelancing-outsourcing. The goal was to establish it as a professional sector and achieve specific goals from it. In this, with the present and future challenges of outsourcing, the possibility to bring the chains, discipline freelancing, create professional and skilled manpower, and remain in the direction of the organization. On March 27, the executive committee of the Digital Bangladesh Task Force, was tasked to create the plan of action plan, the top software firm of the country, BASIS, It was made in three months with the help of IT department. Task Force member Mustafa Jabber raised the issue there too. BASIS President Mustafa Jabber said that after the time it was created and submitted to the concerned office. However, it is not known where its destination is or where it is located.
Many of the related policy makers say that when it was created, freelancing was one step ahead of the official recognition as a professional sector. Now, with the help of this cash assistance policy was easy and quick. The government has given importance to freelancing as a sector. Countrywide training is being made to create 55 thousand freelancers including 20 thousand women. Advanced training programs for creating 10 thousand specialized outsourcing freelancers have also been taken.
In a press conference in January, State Minister for Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said that 13 thousand youths have already started this training. Out of which 10 thousand young people earn more than $ 6 million by outsourcing the online marketplace. 40 thousand youths will be trained at the union level in 2018.
