DHAKA, May 17, 2025 (BSS) - The National Economic Council (NEC) will sit tomorrow to consider a possible Annual Development Programme (ADP) with an  outlay of TK  2,30,000 crore keeping highest allocation in the transport and communication sector.

NEC Chairperson and Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to preside over the meeting to be held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

Of the proposed ADP outlay of TK  2,30,000 crore for the next fiscal year (FY26), TK   1,44,000 crore is likely to come from the government of Bangladesh portion while the rest of TK  86,000 crore as project loan and grant.

Talking to BSS, a Planning Commission official said that the draft ADP for the next fiscal year is TK 14,000 crore or 6.48 percent higher than the revised ADP for the current fiscal year (FY25).

However, considering an allocation of TK  8,599.71 crore from the concerned organization’s own fund, the overall ADP allocation for the next fiscal year is likely to reach TK  2,38,599.71 crore.

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

The official said 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 would be 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 is likely to receive 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 are likely to receive 70 percent of the overall allocation.

Among the top 10 ministries and division, the Local Government Division is likely to receive 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 with TK  9,387.62 crore, Water Resources Ministry TK  8,489.86 crore and Ministry of Railways TK  7,714.99 crore. 

The new ADP is likely to accommodate a total of 1170 projects including 992 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 will be 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 254 projects will be kept for completion including 208 investment projects, 11 feasibility study projects, 16 technical assistant projects, and 19 projects from the concerned organization’s own fund.