DHAKA, June 2, 2025 (BSS) – The government has earmarked Taka 2,30,000 crore in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY26) keeping highest allocation in the transport and communication sector.

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed while presenting the national budget for FY26 through a pre-recorded televised speech today highlighted the ADP allocation in the next budget.

Earlier on May 18, the National Economic Council (NEC) approved the ADP outlay.

Of the total ADP outlay for the FY26, Taka 1,44,000 crore will come from the government of Bangladesh portion while the rest of Taka 86,000 crore as project loan and grant.

However, considering an allocation of Taka 8,599.71 crore from the concerned organization’s own fund, the overall ADP allocation for the next fiscal year reached Taka 2,38,599.71 crore.

The fresh ADP for the next fiscal year is Taka 14,000 crore or 6.48 percent higher than the revised ADP for the current fiscal year (FY25).

The original ADP size for the current fiscal year (FY25) was Taka 2,65,000 crore which later came down to Taka 2,16,000 crore in the revised ADP.

The new ADP has been framed considering sustainable environment-friendly development including attaining higher growth, increasing per capita income, poverty alleviation, boosting employment generation, putting priority on attaining the SDGs.

Besides, sectors like agriculture and agro-based industries, education, health and ICT, transport, power and energy, and ensuring region-based balanced development were given priority in the fresh ADP.

Apart from the highest allocation recipient sector of transport and communication with receiving Tk 58,973.39 crore, the power and energy sector received the 2nd highest allocation of Tk 32,392.26 crore (14.08%), followed by education sector with Tk 28,557.43 crore (12.42%), housing and community facilities sector with Tk 22,776.40 crore (9.90%) and health sector with Tk 18,148.14 crore (7.89%).

These five sectors in total received 70 percent of the overall allocation.

Among the top 10 ministries and divisions, the Local Government Division received the highest allocation of Tk 36,099 crore followed by Road Transport and Highways Division Tk 32,329.57 crore, Power Division Tk 20,283.62 crore, Secondary and Higher Education Division with Tk 13,625.03 crore, Science and Technology Ministry Tk 12,154.53 crore, Health Services Division Tk 11,617.17 crore, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education with Tk 11,398.16 crore, Shipping Ministry Tk 9,387.62 crore, Water Resources Ministry Tk 8,489.86 crore and Ministry of Railways received Tk 7,714.99 crore.

The new ADP accommodated a total of 1,171 projects including 993 investment projects, 19 feasibility study projects, 99 technical assistant projects and 60 projects from the concerned organization’s own fund.

A total of 79 projects were kept in the proposed ADP for implementation under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) initiative while 228 projects for implementation under the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund.

In the fresh ADP, some 258 projects were kept for completion including 212 investment projects, 11 feasibility study projects, 18 technical assistant projects, and 17 projects from the concerned organization’s own fund.