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ADP size increases by 438 percent in last 9 years
DHAKA, Dec 28, 2017 (BSS) – The size and expenditure of the Annual
Development Programme (ADP) have increased manifold over the last nine years
of the Awami League government with attaining the country’s capacity of
undertaking and implementing mega projects.
The overall size and expenditure of the ADP have been increasing
significantly during the tenure of the Awami League government, said
officials at the Planning Ministry.
The original ADP size in the current fiscal (Taka 1,53,331.25 crore) has
witnessed a 438 percent increase over the Revised Annual Development
Programme (RADP) of the FY10 with Tk 28,500 crore, according to official
data.
About the increase of ADP size, State Minister for Finance and Planning
MA Mannan attributed this achievement as a ‘huge success’ of the present
government.
He said many countries in the world are now surprised of such successes
of Bangladesh.
Talking to BSS, the State Minister said this has happened due to the
dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alongside relentless
efforts from all the stakeholders concerned and selection of pro-people
projects.
Former Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of Development
Studies (BIDS) Dr Mustafa K Mujeri said the present Awami League government
wants to turn Bangladesh into a mid-income country by 2021 and a developed
one by 2041.
“Besides, efforts are also there to attain the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) by 2030…considering this, the size of the ADP should be
further enhanced to attain those targets,” he said.
Mujeri, now the executive director of the Institute for Inclusive
Finance and Development (InM), suggested the government to continue efforts
to increase the public investment ratio to GDP side by side putting more
emphasis on raising the capacity of utilising public fund with maintaining
quality and time.
“The government should continue to focus on raising the institutional
capacity to properly reap the benefits of development,” he said.
Md Mofizul Islam, the secretary of the Implementation, Monitoring and
Evaluation Division (IMED) under the Ministry of Planning, recently told BSS
that the IMED is now more active than the previous time in monitoring
development projects.
“The IMED has also increased its coverage of monitoring the development
projects,” Mofizul said, expressing his hope of achieving cent percent
implementation rate in the current year.
He said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal held meetings with the
secretaries of the different ministries and the executing agencies to further
expedite the implementation of the development projects, which is also
putting a positive impact on implementation of projects.
After the AL government’s assumption of office in January 2009 till the
last fiscal year, a total of 244 ECNEC meetings were held where some 1,814
development projects were approved with an overall outlay of Taka
14,16,479.79 crore, according to an official at the Planning Ministry.
The official said during the period, the concerned Planning Ministers
within their jurisdiction also gave nod to some 468 projects with an overall
expenditure of Tk 12,786.19 crore.
He said a total of 27 ECNEC meetings were held in the entire calendar
year from January 3 to the last ECNEC meeting on December 26, 2017, where 253
projects were approved with an overall estimated cost of Tk 4,83,895.7 crore.
Besides, a total of 23 National Economic Council (NEC) meetings took
place from April 30, 2009 to June 20, 2017.
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