The implementation of the annual development programme failed to pick pace in nine months of the current fiscal year as the implementation rate was 43 per cent in July-March of 2013-14 compared with that of 49 per cent in the same period of the previous year. Planning ministry officials said low utilisation of government allocation and project aid amid intense political unrest during the last quarter of the previous year continued to affect the ADP implementation progress.
They said the complexity surrounding the size of the revised ADP also affected its implementation in the last few months.
The National Economic Council on April 3 approved a Tk 60,000-crore revised ADP for the 2013–14 financial year as per the demand of the planning ministry ignoring the finance ministry proposal of Tk 55,000 crore RADP. The finance ministry had proposed the lower amount due to low implementation status of the ADP.
The original outlay of the ADP was Tk 65,870 crore.
According to the data of Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division of the planning ministry released on Wednesday, 54 implementing ministries spent Tk 28,428 crore in July-March against total allocation of Tk 65,870 crore.
Of the total expenditure in the nine months, Tk 18,497 crore or 45 per cent was government allocation, Tk 9,931 crore or 40 per cent was projects assistance and Tk 1,517 crore or 19 per cent was self-financed projects of the respective agencies.
The IMED data showed that the top 10 ministries and divisions could implement only 40 per cent in July-March of the current fiscal year.
Of the top 10 ministries and divisions, Bridge Division was the worst performer which spent only six per cent of allocation, followed by the housing and public works ministry which spent only 16 per cent.
The Local Government Division was the top performer that spent 60 per cent followed by the primary and mass education ministry which spent 54 per cent.
The railway ministry spent 49 per cent, Roads Division 48 per cent, health and family welfare ministry 47 per cent, education ministry 46 per cent, Power Division 37 per and Energy and Mineral Resources Division spent 42 per cent in the period.
-With New Age input
