Vision 2021

Vision 2021 was the political manifesto of the Bangladesh Awami League party before winning the National Elections of 2008. It stands as a political vision of Bangladesh for the year 2021, the golden jubilee of the nation. The policy has been criticized as a policy emblematic of technological optimism in the context of Bangladesh and the state repression of media, low internet penetration, inadequate electricity generation. The Vision 2021 is an articulation of where this nation needs to be in 2021 – the year which marks the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence. It was made up with a lot of election promises and commitments to attract the voters . In the manifesto, two unique promises are Digital Bangladesh and Vision-2021. Vision-2021 signifies the achievement of a number of goals of Bangladesh in between 2010 to 2021. The government of Bangladesh is very firm to ensure 100% neat students enrollment at primary level within 2021. Many of the commitments have already been fulfilled. The major commitments are supplying pure drinking water, gaining self-sufficiency in food, bringing each under sanitation and so on. Attaining 87% annual growth rate, generating more than 7000 megawatt of electricity are another important commitments. Making degree level education tuition-free especially for women, have been materialized. Besides, 20000 megawatt of electricity will be generated by 2021. Unemployment rate will be reduced to 15% from 40%. Poverty rate will be reduced from 45% to 15%. Bangladesh will be known as a country of educated people with skills in information technology .More than 85% of the population will have standard nutritional food with at least 2122 calories. All types of contagious diseases will be eliminated. Longevity of life expectancy will increase up to 70 years. Infant mortality will come down from 54 to 15 per thousand. Maternal death rate will come down to 1.5% from 3.8%. However, for our own betterment Vision-2021 ought to be materialized.