Implementation status of the Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the July-May period of the outgoing fiscal year (2014-15) stood at 67 per cent, which was 66 per cent during the same period of the previous fiscal.
During the period, the implementing agencies spent Taka 9,835 crore more than the corresponding period of FY14, as the RADP expenditure during the 11 months reached Taka 51,997 crore, which was Taka 42,162 crore in the previous fiscal.
Planning Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said this while briefing reporters after an ECNEC meeting at the NEC-I in the city’s Sher-e-Banglanagar.
According to the data released by the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), some Taka 37,389 crore was released during this July-May period of the outgoing fiscal which is also 75 per cent of the total ADP allocation.
Out of the total RADP expenditure of Taka 51,997 crore for this July-May, the share of GoB fund was Taka 32,872 crore or 66 per cent, project assistance Taka 17,059 crore or 69 per cent while the share of the self-financed projects of the organizations was Taka 2,066 crore or 73 per cent.
Out of the 55 Ministries and Divisions, the Science and Technology Ministry registered the highest RADP implementation rate of 97 per cent during this July-May period followed by Rural Development and Cooperatives Division with 85 per cent, Ministry of Commerce 84 per cent, Religious Affairs Ministry with 83 per cent, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief with 81 per cent.
Internal Resources Division (IRD) under the Ministry of Finance was the lowest performer with 14 per cent RADP implementation rate.
The IMED report showed the highest allocated 10 Ministries and Divisions witnessed a RADP implementation rate of 69 per cent or expenditure of Taka 39,531.18 crore. This rate was also two per cent higher than the overall RADP implementation rate.
