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বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : সপ্তম খণ্ড
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 The foreign exchange earnings of the country provide backing to the currency and, therefore, must be retained as a central responsibility. The Constitution, however, provides a system by which both East and West wings would use their own foreign exchange earnings after meeting the common liabilities.

 The Provincial Governments would have powers to frame their own export promotion programmes and would be entitled to frame import policies in line with the availability of foreign exchange to their credit after meeting common needs and foreign aid allocated to them. These arrangements for West Pakistan will obviously be managed on a regional basis. Since, however, foreign trade is an inseparable part of the overall foreign policy, the Central Government would retain powers to legislate and to lay down the framework within which the trade policies have to be implemented by the Provincial Governments. The necessary institutional and administrative changes to implement this constitutional provision would be made by transfer of institutions like the Jute Board to East Pakistan and the setting up of a Trade Board for coordinating trade policies in West Pakistan. In the case of East Pakistan there is also a provision for appointment of trade representatives abroad with the approval of the Central Government.

 Inter-wing trade would be guided and regulated by a specially constituted interwing trade board. It would be composed of representatives of all Provinces, half of which would be from East Pakistan. The board would examine any questions referred to it on the initiative of the Provinces Thus, the Provinces would be able to ensure that interregional trade is carried on in a fair and mutually advantageous basis. The currency has obviously remain a central responsibility under the State Bank of Pakistan but for the decentralization of other central banking functions the Constitution provides for the establishment of two regional Reserve Banks, one in each wing. The Provincial Governments will be fully represented on these regional reserve banks which will control commercial and cooperative banks in their respective areas and will manage credit policies within the overall ceiling laid down by the State Bank of Pakistan.

 In the field of planning, there will be decentralization permitting Provinces to prepare their own development plans on the basis of external and internal resources on which they will have full control. The Centre will consolidate provincial plans for the preparation of a national plan for any period specified by it. The decentralization in planning will involve the disbandment of the Central Development Working Party for the provinces and of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council as well as the National Economic Council. The Provincial Governments will, therefore, have full authority to formulate and approve their plans without any moneytary limits.

 As regards the system of election, I might say that all the Assemblies are to be those which have been elected by adult franchise under the Legal Framework Order, and the same system of election is to continue under the Constitution. The Senate however will be elected by the provincial Assemblies by the method of the single transferable vote, thus ensuring a wider representation than could be achieved by the single vote under the party system.