Tk 73,984cr ADP approved Max allocation for Padma Bridge

DHAKA: The National Economic Council (NEC), the government’s highest economic policy-making body, approved a Tk 73,984 crore revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current FY 2013-14.

The approval came from a meeting held in the NEC conference room with chairperson of the NEC and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Tuesday.

The government will provide a total of Tk 41,307 crore to the Annual Development Programme (ADP) allocation, Tk 8,114 crore will be own financed by autonomous bodies and the rest Tk 24,563 crore will come from project aid.

Padma Bridge got Tk 6,852 core allocation while it is total Tk 15,374 for transportation sector.