Implementation of the government’s Annual Development Programme (ADP) stood at just 0.69% in July, the first month of the current 2026-27 fiscal year. Government ministries and divisions spent a combined 21.21 billion taka during the month. The implementation rate was also 0.69% during the same month of the previous fiscal year, but stood higher, at 1.05%, in July of fiscal year 2024-25.
The figures come from a report published Monday by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED). The current fiscal year’s ADP, including government agencies’ own funding, has a total spending target of 3.09 trillion taka.
According to IMED data, 10 ministries and divisions were unable to spend any money in July, including the Health Services Division, the Health Education and Family Welfare Division, the Bridges Division, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Religious Affairs. A further 43 ministries and divisions had an implementation rate below 1%.
The Public Service Commission led all agencies in ADP implementation in July, with a spending rate of 7.52%. It was followed by the Parliament Affairs Secretariat at 6.69% and the Cabinet Division at 5.57%.
Officials at the Planning Commission and IMED said ministries and divisions typically spend more time at the start of a fiscal year on project preparation and drawing up work plans, which usually keeps spending low during this period. They said they expect implementation to pick up in the following months.
IMED has also taken the initiative of holding regular review meetings with the relevant ministries and agencies to speed up ADP implementation. Officials said that where obstacles to project implementation arise, they will work to resolve them quickly to help accelerate the pace of work.
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