23pc progress in ADP execution in 5 months
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Munima Sultana
The task force has found average 23 per cent progress in implementation of annual development programme (ADP) until November of the current fiscal, five and seven per cent more than that of the corresponding periods of the last two fiscals.
But it discovered unsatisfactory performance of 10 ministries in progress of the majority projects during the same period though they received highest 76 per cent of the Tk 305 billion ADP allotment, officials said.
The task force formed to review the progress of implementation of ADP by the present government held its first ever meeting on Monday and found that 48 ADP project implementing ministries and departments were able to spend Tk 69.01 billion out of the total TK 305 billion ADP allotment.
"Progress in spending of both local resource and project aid was also satisfactory in first five months," said an official who attended the meeting.
Based on the working paper prepared by the Planning Commission for the task force meeting, the official said, the progress of ADP implementation was 18 per cent and 16 per cent during the first five months until November in 2008-09 and 2007-08 respectively.
But the official said the task force found that performance of the 10 ministries was not satisfactory as 70 per cent projects under these ministries either made slight progress or no progress.
These ministries -- local government and power divisions, health and family welfare, primary and mass education, education, water resources, agriculture, energy and mineral resources and housing and public works ministries -- are supposed to implement 524 projects out of total 886 ADP projects.
The task force meeting found that 10 ministries with highest ADP allotment have made appreciable progress in only 4.60 per cent projects in which they were able to implement over 50 per cent work. But these ministries made 14.36 per cent satisfactory progress by implementing 23 to below 50 per cent works.
"Some 200 projects have no progress while 213 projects made only 22 per cent progress in implementation," said another official who attended the meeting.
Communication, power, water resources and housing ministries and divisions have performed lower than their performance in last three fiscal years.
The task force which was supposed to meet in every quarter in the fiscal year aiming at achieving 100 per cent progress in ADP to break all previous records held the first meeting two months behind the schedule at the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) with its Secretary Abdul Malek in the chair. Directors general and project directors of different government agencies attended the meeting.
The task force has found average 23 per cent progress in implementation of annual development programme (ADP) until November of the current fiscal, five and seven per cent more than that of the corresponding periods of the last two fiscals.
But it discovered unsatisfactory performance of 10 ministries in progress of the majority projects during the same period though they received highest 76 per cent of the Tk 305 billion ADP allotment, officials said.
The task force formed to review the progress of implementation of ADP by the present government held its first ever meeting on Monday and found that 48 ADP project implementing ministries and departments were able to spend Tk 69.01 billion out of the total TK 305 billion ADP allotment.
"Progress in spending of both local resource and project aid was also satisfactory in first five months," said an official who attended the meeting.
Based on the working paper prepared by the Planning Commission for the task force meeting, the official said, the progress of ADP implementation was 18 per cent and 16 per cent during the first five months until November in 2008-09 and 2007-08 respectively.
But the official said the task force found that performance of the 10 ministries was not satisfactory as 70 per cent projects under these ministries either made slight progress or no progress.
These ministries -- local government and power divisions, health and family welfare, primary and mass education, education, water resources, agriculture, energy and mineral resources and housing and public works ministries -- are supposed to implement 524 projects out of total 886 ADP projects.
The task force meeting found that 10 ministries with highest ADP allotment have made appreciable progress in only 4.60 per cent projects in which they were able to implement over 50 per cent work. But these ministries made 14.36 per cent satisfactory progress by implementing 23 to below 50 per cent works.
"Some 200 projects have no progress while 213 projects made only 22 per cent progress in implementation," said another official who attended the meeting.
Communication, power, water resources and housing ministries and divisions have performed lower than their performance in last three fiscal years.
The task force which was supposed to meet in every quarter in the fiscal year aiming at achieving 100 per cent progress in ADP to break all previous records held the first meeting two months behind the schedule at the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) with its Secretary Abdul Malek in the chair. Directors general and project directors of different government agencies attended the meeting.