TDS Desk:

There are only two months left before the current fiscal year of 2024-25 ends, yet the ministries, divisions, and departments concerned have not managed to spend half of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) allocation.

In the 10 months (July to April) of FY25, ministries and divisions utilised only 41.31% of the allocated funds — the lowest ADP implementation rate on record, according to a report published by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) on Monday (May 19).

During the same period of the last FY2023-24, the implementation rate was 49.26%, and it was 50.33% in 2022-23.

According to IMED data, in the first 10 months of FY25, government development spending was Tk31,890.85 crore less than in the same period of FY24.

During this period, Tk93,424.83 crore was spent from the Revised ADP allocation. In comparison, Tk1,07,612.45 crore was spent from RADP during the same period of FY24.

This is the lowest ADP implementation for any fiscal year up to this point, based on IMED records available since FY2011-12.

For FY25, the government had allocated Tk2,26,164.95 crore in the RADP, including funds from its own sources.