BSS :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to give utmost importance to project selection and processing alongside speedy completion of the ongoing projects.
She also directed undertaking projects in public welfare aiming to get good returns immediately after completion of those.
The Prime Minister gave the directives while chairing the 1st meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) under the tenure of the new government at the NEC Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.
The premier gave directives for implementing quickly the projects which are nearing completion by ensuring necessary fund and thereafter conducting impact analysis of those to see how the target groups are benefitted as well as to judge the overall benefits.
For this, the Prime Minister gave the responsibility to the Cabinet Secretary to specify the project selection process considering the aspect of socio-economic development, and people’s welfare.
The Cabinet Secretary would sit with the concerned ministries and divisions and direct them to speedily implement the projects which are nearing completion.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Division Senior Secretary Satyajit Karmakar said that the day’s meeting approved a total of nine projects with an overall estimated cost of Taka 3,354 crore.
Satyajit said while chairing the first ECNEC meeting of the new government, the Prime Minister gave a set of directives that also include renewing her previous call not to keep any land fallow.
Regarding the issue of ensuring smooth disbursement of foreign assistance to reduce the burden on the pipeline of foreign support, the premier stressed on taking concerted steps so that foreign loans and grants are disbursed without any hassle and those do not remain in the pipeline.