Expressing his displeasure at the low implementation rate, Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday told his cabinet that the current fiscal year's Tk 26,500 crore ADP will not be revised and asked all ministries and divisions to gear up for its full implementation.

Planning ministry sources told The Daily Star that last year's political turmoil largely contributed to the low implementation rate.

The planning ministry presented a report on last year's ADP at a meeting presided over by the chief adviser yesterday, which showed only Tk 17, 851 crore of the revised Tk 21,600 crore ADP was spent.

Of the local resource components, only Tk 11,629 crore out of total Tk 13,650 crore was used while Tk 6,222 crore of the total Tk 7,950 crore foreign-funded projects utilised.

The worst performing government organization was the Election Commission, which failed to spend even a single taka from the allocation. The planning ministry used only 15 percent of its budget.

The civil aviation and tourism ministry managed to spend 23 percent while the health ministry used 74 percent of their funds.

Labour and employment ministry implemented 60 percent of its ADP outlay, just below the law ministry's 65 percent.

The local government and rural development and cooperatives ministry was the best performer with 96 percent of its ADP funds utilised while the power and energy ministry used 89 percent and the forest and environment ministry 94 percent of their outlays.