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NEC-RADP-FY21, TWO LAST
Revealing the implementation status of the ADP during the July-January period of the current fiscal year, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) Secretary Pradip Ranjan Chakraborty said the executing agencies could spend Taka 61,049 crore during this period with an implementation rate of 28.45 percent.
The executing agencies spent Taka 68,980 crore during the same period of the last fiscal year (FY20) with an utilization rate of 32.07 percent.
Pradip also informed that the RADP implementation rate in the last fiscal year (FY20) reached 80.39 percent with an expenditure of Taka 1,61,740.61 crore.
Answering a question, he said that the project execution often delays due to the matters related to land acquisition while the IMED always recommend for “no cost” time extension of projects.
The NEC meeting also decided to reorganize the concerned sectors of development projects to 15 from the existing 17.
In the RADP, the transport sector got the highest allocation with 24.90 percent or Taka 49,213 crore followed by the 2nd highest physical planning, water supply and housing sector with Taka 26,492 crore (13.40 of RADP allocation), the power sector with Taka 21,945 crore (11.10 % of RADP allocation) while the education and religion sector got an allocation of Taka 24,572 crore (12.43% of RADP allocation).
Besides, the Science and ICT Sector got an allocation of Taka 11,576 crore (5.86 of RADP allocation) followed by Taka 18,290 crore (9.25% of RADP allocation) to the rural development and rural institutions sector, Taka 14,922 crore (7.55 % of RADP allocation) to the health, population and family welfare sector, Taka 7,734 crore (3.91 of RADP allocation) to the agriculture sector, Taka 6,709 crore (3.39% of RADP allocation) to the water resources sector, Taka 3,500 crore (1.77% of RADP allocation) to the industries sector.
Among the Ministries and Divisions, the Local Government Division got the highest allocation of Taka 34,170 crore followed by the Road Transport and Highways Division with Taka 25,761 crore, Power Division with Taka 21,935 crore, Ministry of Science and Technology with Taka 10,904 crore, Ministry of Railways with Taka 11,988 crore, Health Services Division with Taka 11,979 crore, Secondary and Higher Education Division with Taka 9,685 crore, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education with Taka 10,686 crore, and the Ministry of Water Resources with Taka 7,365 crore.
Ministers and state ministers attended the meeting while Planning Commission members and secretaries concerned were present.
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