Lowest ever ADP implementation in July-August
A total of Tk7,143 crore (2.57%) of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) was spent in the first two months (July-August) of the fiscal year, according to data from the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Department (IMED).
IMED released an update on ADP implementation today (2 October), which states that this rate of ADP implementation is the lowest ever.
Information up to FY 2010-11 is available on IMED's website. There was no fiscal year where the ADP implementation rate was less than 2%. The ADP implementation rate in the last financial year 2024-25 was 3.84%. The implementation rate in the previous fiscal year was 3.85%.
The government's ADP allocation for the current financial year was Tk278,288.90 crore.
IMED officials said that project officials are usually busy with preparatory work at the beginning of the financial year, due to this, the ADP implementation rate is low at the beginning of the financial year. In addition, ADP has been implemented slowly due to the political unrest in July, the Bangla Blockade of anti-discrimination student movement and the non-discrimination movement.
The then prime minister resigned on 5 August and three days later Dr Yunus took charge as chief advisor. But throughout the month of August there was instability in the administration, development activities were also stalled, said IMED officials.
In some foreign funded projects, foreign workers, contractor representatives and consultants left the project site, which hindered the implementation of the project.
On the other hand, the government decided to review the proposed projects in the pipeline as well as the ongoing projects. The proposal to increase the duration and cost of many ongoing projects has also been stalled. All in all, the implementation of ADP has been prolonged, said those concerned.
According to the IMED report, during July-August the expenditure from public funds was Tk3,241, which is 1.69% of the allocation of public funds. Earlier in any fiscal year, such little amount of money was never spent in the month of July-August.
Tk6,854 crore was spent during the same period of the last financial year, which is 1.27% of the allocation of public funds in ADP for that financial year. On the other hand, Tk3,098 crore or 3.10% have been spent in July-August of the current financial year from the allocation of the foreign aid sector, while 3.58% was spent from foreign funds in the last financial year.