It is possible that Mr Alam is confusing donation to extortion as the term chanda is used for both in Bengali. Systematic extortion includes extortion from both formal and informal businesses and the mass population. Nevertheless, the administration allows it for short-term gains and that is the core tenet of the economics of extortion. They are thus able to shift the risk through the extortion fee which allows them short-term access to the market places. The government must begin to address the fundamentals and make it costly to operate the extortion business.
