BSS, Dhaka :
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Sunday approved a Tk 1,53,331 crore Annual Development Programme (ADP) for fiscal year 2017-18 (FY18), giving top priority to transport sector infrastructures, energy, education and health.
The approval came at the NEC meeting held at its Conference Room in Sher-e-Banglanagar with NEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Of the Tk 1,53,331 crore original ADP, Tk 96,331 crore will come from the national exchequer while the remaining Taka 57,000 crore will come as project assistance. The original size of the ADP for FY18 is up by 39 percent or Tk 42,533 crore from Tk 1,10,700 crore of the current fiscal year’s (FY17) ADP.
Briefing journalists after the meeting Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said the government has kept Tk 10,753 crore for the development expenditure of corporations and autonomous bodies for FY18 fiscal and with this allocation the size of the overall ADP has stood at Tk 1,64,084 crore. In the new ADP, rural development, transport, education, power, health, and water sector are given the highest priority.
Local Government Division has been given the highest allocation of Tk 21,464 crore and the power sector has received the second highest allocation of Tk 18,859 crore while the Roads and Highways Division got the third highest allocation of Tk 16,820 crore. In the power sector Rooppur Nuclear Power Project has been given an allocation of Tk 10,000 crore.
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Sunday approved a Tk 1,53,331 crore Annual Development Programme (ADP) for fiscal year 2017-18 (FY18), giving top priority to transport sector infrastructures, energy, education and health.
The approval came at the NEC meeting held at its Conference Room in Sher-e-Banglanagar with NEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Of the Tk 1,53,331 crore original ADP, Tk 96,331 crore will come from the national exchequer while the remaining Taka 57,000 crore will come as project assistance. The original size of the ADP for FY18 is up by 39 percent or Tk 42,533 crore from Tk 1,10,700 crore of the current fiscal year’s (FY17) ADP.
Briefing journalists after the meeting Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said the government has kept Tk 10,753 crore for the development expenditure of corporations and autonomous bodies for FY18 fiscal and with this allocation the size of the overall ADP has stood at Tk 1,64,084 crore. In the new ADP, rural development, transport, education, power, health, and water sector are given the highest priority.
Local Government Division has been given the highest allocation of Tk 21,464 crore and the power sector has received the second highest allocation of Tk 18,859 crore while the Roads and Highways Division got the third highest allocation of Tk 16,820 crore. In the power sector Rooppur Nuclear Power Project has been given an allocation of Tk 10,000 crore.
