Some 34 of the 54 Ministries and Divisions witnessed lower actual or physical progress compared to the actual national average implementation rate of 91 percent in the Revised Annual Development Program (RADP) of the last fiscal year (2011-12).These include Roads Division (89 percent); Ministry of Education (87 percent); Health and Family Welfare (85 percent); Post and Telecommunications (75 percent); Fisheries and Livestock (63 percent); Railways (61 percent); and Bridges Division (34 percent), according to the ADP implementation progress report (2011-12) released recently by the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).
The report said that although the RADP implementation rate last fiscal reached 93 percent, but some 30 out of the 54 Ministries and Divisions showed less financial progress than the national average implementation rate of 93 percent.
The 30 Ministries and Divisions that notched less financial progress than the average 93 percent include key Ministries and Divisions like Ministry of Environment and Forests (92 percent); Water Resources (91 percent); Roads Division (90 percent); Health and Family Welfare (88 percent); Railways (82 percent); Information and Communication Technology (68 percent); and Bridges Division (60 percent),
The report showed that the expenditure of the Revised ADP of the last fiscal reached Tk 38,022.76 crore against the RADP allocation of Tk 41,080.00 crore. The actual ADP outlay of the last year was Tk 46,000 crore.
The report also revealed that of the 51 Ministries and Divisions that received project assistance allocation apart from local funding, the implementation rate of project assistance of 23 Ministries and Divisions was lower than the national average of 84 percent. These include Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (83 percent); Water Resources (74 percent); Roads Division (65 percent); Home Affairs (64 percent); Railways (64 percent); and Bridges Division (46 percent).
The reasons for lower implementation of the project assistance include delay in fund disbursement and tender related complexities for the Ministry of Shipping and Water Resources, an IMED official told UNB.
Performance of 37 of the 54 Ministries and Division was also not up to the mark in utilizing local funding with their implementation rate below the national local funding average implementation rate of 98 percent. These include Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, and Water Resources (both 97 percent); Industries (95 percent); Bridges Division, and Railways (both 94 percent); Health and Family Welfare (92 percent); and Post and Telecommunications (90 percent).
The IMED progress report also showed that out of the 1,340 projects implemented under 54 Ministries and Divisions last year, the financial progress of 647 projects and the actual progress of 607 projects were really laudable at 100 percent or above.
Besides, the financial progress of 331 projects and the actual progress of 225 projects were also satisfactory while the financial progress of 101 projects and the actual progress of 120 projects were to some extent satisfactory.
However, the report noted that the financial progress of 88 projects and the real progress of 113 projects were not satisfactory. Besides, some 87 projects witnessed no significant expenditure throughout the year while there was no significant work throughout the year in some 94 projects.
Of the total Revised ADP expenditure of Tk 38,022.76 crore in the last fiscal, the expenditure from local fund amounted to Tk 25,447.55 crore which was five percent higher than the fiscal implementation rate of 93 percent.
On the other hand, the expenditure from project assistance totaled Tk 12,575.21 crore which was 9 percent lower than the fiscal implementation rate. UNB
