The government has approved the Annual Development Programme (ADP) worth Tk 205,145 crore (2.05 trillion) for the next fiscal year giving the highest allocation to the transport sector.
The approval came at a National Economic Council (NEC) meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the NEC conference room in city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting connecting through video conference.
Transport sector has gotten Tk52,183 crore allocation, which is 25.44pc of total ADP, while physical planning, water supply and housing got Tk25,795 crore and electricity Tk24,804 crore allocation.
Though the health sector needed more ADP allocation amid the Covid-19 situation, but this sector got only Tk13,033 crore.
Planning Minister MA Mannan disclosed about the approved ADP at a press briefing after the meeting.
Planning Minister MA Mannan said an amount of Tk 9,466 crore has been allocated for autonomous entities and the whole size of the ADP will be Tk 214,611 crore with this amount.
Of the Tk 205,145 crore, an amount of Tk 134,643 crore will come from internal sources while Tk 70,502 from foreign sources.
Of the Tk 9,466 crore of the autonomous entities, the internal sources will provide Tk 5,578 crore while the foreign portion will be Tk 3,888 crore.
He said the number of the total development projects for the next fiscal year will be 1673, including 89 projects for autonomous entities.
Under the ADP, there will be 1584 projects and 1,456 of them are investment projects, 127 technical assistance projects while another is a JDCF-financed one.
Transport sector will get Tk 52,183 crore (25.44 pc) while infrastructural planning, water supply and housing Tk 25,795 crore (12.57 pc), power sector Tk 24,804 crore (12.09 pc), education and religion Tk 23,390 crore (11.40 pc), science, information and communication technology Tk 18,448 crore (8.99 pc), rural development and rural entities Tk 15,555 crore (7.58 pc), health, population and family welfare Tk 13,033 crore (6.35 pc), agriculture Tk 8,383 crore (4.09 pc), water resources Tk 5,527 crore (2.69 pc) and public administration Tk 4,048 crore (1.97 pc).
Local Government Division will get the highest allocation of Tk 31,131 crore followed by Road Transportation and Highways Division Tk 24,825 crore, Power Division Tk 24,804 crore, Science and Technology Ministry Tk 17,389 crore, Railways Ministry Tk 12,491 crore, Health Service Division Tk 10,054 crore, Secondary and Higher Secondary Division Tk 9,865 crore, Primary and Mass Education Division Tk 9,404 crore, Bridges Division Tk 7,973 crore and Water Resources Ministry Tk 6,269 crore.
The number of projects in the outgoing fiscal year was 1,744 without the projects of the autonomous entities.
Source in the planning ministry said, the government approved ADP for the current fiscal year worth Tk2,15,114 crore, which was reduced to Tk2,01,198 crore recently.
