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Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs

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Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Bengali: পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Ministry overview
Formed15 July 1998; 26 years ago (15 July 1998)
JurisdictionGovernment of Bangladesh
HeadquartersBangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka[1]
Annual budget৳1400 crore (US$120 million) (2024-2025)
Adviser responsible
Ministry executive
Child agencies
Websitemochta.gov.bd

The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (Bengali: পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়; Pārbatya caṭṭagrāma biṣaẏaka mantraṇālaẏa) is the government ministry of Bangladesh responsible for Chittagong Hill Tracts.[2] The Chittagong Hill Tracts have been inhabited by various ethnic groups and non-tribal people for ages. While the non-Bengali ethnic groups possess cultural distinctiveness, they are also an integral part of the original population. Since independence, the government of Bangladesh has been adopting and implementing various development projects for the overall development of the region. An agreement was executed on December 2, 1997 between the National Committee for Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Chittagong Hill Tracts People's Association. According to the terms of the agreement, the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs was formed on July 15, 1998.[3]

History

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In 2004, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia restricted the amount of discretionary cash allocation Deputy Moni Swapan Dewan could spend.[4] The government also allocated rice, 28 thousand tons for Bengalis, 10 thousand tons for Bangladesh Army, and 2.1 thousand tons for former rebels in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.[5]

Directorates

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Ministers

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# Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death) 		Term of office Political party Cabinet
From To Period
1 Kalparanjan Chakma
কল্পরঞ্জন চাকমা
(1922–2018)
MP for Khagrachhari 		1 January
1998 		15 July
2001 		3 years, 195 days Bangladesh Awami League Hasina I
2 Justice
Latifur Rahman
লতিফুর রহমান
(1936–2017)
(Chief Adviser) 		15 July
2001 		10 October
2001 		87 days Independent Latifur
(Caretaker)
3 Moni Swapan Dewan
মনি স্বপন দেওয়ান
(born 1954)
MP for Rangamati
(Deputy Minister) 		10 October
2001 		29 October
2006 		5 years, 19 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda II
4 Lieutenant General (Retd.)
Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury
লেঃ জেনারেল (অব.) হাসান মশহুদ চৌধূরী
(born 1948)
(Adviser) 		29 October
2006 		11 January
2007 		74 days Independent Iajuddin
5 Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
ইফতেখার আহমেদ চৌধুরী
(born 1946)
(Adviser) 		11 January
2007 		8 January
2008 		362 days Independent Fakhruddin
6 Fakhruddin Ahmed
ফখরুদ্দিন আহমেদ
(born 1940
(Chief Adviser) 		8 January
2008 		6 January
2009 		364 days
7 Dipankar Talukdar
দীপঙ্কর তালুকদার
(born 1952)
MP for Rangamati
(Minister of State) 		6 January
2009 		24 January
2014 		5 years, 18 days Bangladesh Awami League Hasina II
8 Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing
বীর বাহাদুর উশৈ সিং
(born 1960)
MP for Bandarban
(Minister of State until 2019) 		24 January
2014 		9 January
2024 		9 years, 350 days Hasina III
Hasina IV
9 Kujendra Lal Tripura
কুজেন্দ্র লাল ত্রিপুরা
(born 1963)
MP for Khagrachhari
(Minister of State) 		11 January
2024 		5 August
2024 		207 days Hasina V
10 Supradip Chakma
সুপ্রদীপ চাকমা
(born 1961)
(Adviser) 		8 August
2024 		Incumbent 74 days Independent Yunus

References

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  1. ^ "List of Ministries and Divisions". cabinet.gov.bd.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Chittagong Hills Tracts Affairs". mochta.gov.bd.
  3. ^ "Ministry of Chittagong Hills Tracts Affairs (মন্ত্রণালয়ের-পটভূমি)". mochta.gov.bd.
  4. ^ "Govt stops grain ration to CHT hills people". The Daily Star. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  5. ^ "Govt stops grain ration to CHT hills people". The Daily Star. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 2024-09-23.



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