Bangladesh’s Annual Development Programme (ADP) implementation rate stood at 3.89 per cent in the first three months of the current fiscal year (FY2026-27), with expenditure reaching Tk 12,017.54 crore, according to the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).

The rate was lower than the 5.09 per cent recorded in the same period of FY2025-26, when expenditure amounted to Tk 12,158.27 crore, the IMED data showed.

The government allocated Tk 3,08,924.86 crore for the ADP in FY2026-27, compared with Tk 2,38,696 crore in the previous fiscal year.

The ADP implementation rate was 4.75 per cent in the first three months of FY2024-25, when expenditure stood at Tk 13,215.30 crore. In FY2023-24, the rate was 7.50 per cent, with spending of Tk 20,609.55 crore during the corresponding period.

In FY2022-23, the implementation rate was 8.55 per cent, with expenditure reaching Tk 21,895.56 crore in the first quarter.

In September alone, the government spent Tk 6,307.84 crore on development projects in FY2026-27, representing 2.04 per cent of the annual allocation.

In September of FY2025-26, expenditure was Tk 6,443.44 crore, equivalent to 2.70 per cent of that year’s allocation.

The latest figures indicate that monthly development spending in September was lower than a year earlier, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of the annual ADP allocation.

The IMED, under the Planning Ministry, monitors the implementation of development projects and reports progress on a monthly basis.