Tk2,30,000cr ADP earmarked in budget for FY26

The government has earmarked Tk2,30,000 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 on Monday 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, Tk1,44,000 crore will come from the government of Bangladesh portion while the rest of Tk86,000 crore as project loan and grant.

However, considering an allocation of Tk8,599.71 crore from the concerned organization’s own fund, the overall ADP allocation for the next fiscal year reached Tk2,38,599.71 crore.

The fresh ADP for the next fiscal year is Tk14,000 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 Tk2,65,000 crore which later came down to Tk2,16,000 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 Tk58,973.39 crore, the power and energy sector received the 2nd highest allocation of Tk32,392.26 crore (14.08%), followed by education sector with Tk28,557.43 crore (12.42%), housing and community facilities sector with Tk22,776.40 crore (9.90%) and health sector with Tk18,148.14 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 Tk36,099 crore followed by Road Transport and Highways Division Tk32,329.57 crore, Power Division Tk20,283.62 crore, Secondary and Higher Education Division with Tk13,625.03 crore, Science and Technology Ministry Tk12,154.53 crore, Health Services Division Tk11,617.17 crore, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education with Tk11,398.16 crore, Shipping Ministry Tk9,387.62 crore, Water Resources Ministry Tk8,489.86 crore and Ministry of Railways received Tk7,714.99 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 organisation’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 organisation’s own fund.