The planning minister, for the first time in the current fiscal would evaluate implementation status of development projects today (Thursday), official said on Wednesday.
The evaluation is taking place amid unsatisfactory performance of the government ministries and agencies.
Planning ministry officials said the meeting was expected to take some major decisions to expedite the project execution in the remaining period of the current financial year (FY) 2014-15.
The government project implementing agencies spent only 20 per cent or Tk 159.04 billion out of Tk 803.15 billion allocated under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) during the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal.
In the same period last fiscal, the government agencies spent 20 per cent or Tk 131.56 billion out of the Tk 658.72 billion ADP outlay.
Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) secretary-in-charge Shahid Ullah Khandaker told the FE that planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal urged all the line ministries and project officials to take part in the project monitoring meeting.
He said: "This will be the first project supervision meeting by the planning minister this fiscal. I think it will bring a good result in the project executions."
The government has undertaken Tk 803.15 billion ADP in the current fiscal which ends in June 2015, for executing more than 1000 development projects.
"Planning minister was dissatisfied at the 20 per cent implementation performance of the ministries and agencies in the last five months, a Planning Commission official said.
He said since the performance in the first five months of the implementing agencies is weak, the minister wants to find out the reasons and hurdles behind the poor performance and their possible solutions.
According to IMED report, some major ministries and divisions including Power Division, Road Transport and Highways Divisions, Education, Health and Family welfare and Railway ministries performed bleak in the current fiscal.
The report showed that the Power Division and Bridges Division spent only 10 per cent each, and the Road Transport and Highways Division, Education Ministry, Health and Family Welfare Ministry and Railway Ministry spent 5.0 per cent each and the Education Ministry 4.0 per cent only in July-October period this fiscal.
The Planning Ministry officials said the implementing agencies usually take time to start implementation of the projects during the first few months of a fiscal year.
In the last half of a year, most of the projects gain speed in implementations, they said.
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ADP execution comes under review today
FHM Humayan Kabir | Published: December 11, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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