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ECNEC okays Tk 4,123cr project to build homes for insolvent FFs
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DHAKA, March 16, 2021 (BSS) – The government today approved a Taka 4,123 crore project for constructing 30,000 homes for insolvent valiant freedom fighters and family members of the martyred and deceased war heroes in a bid to uplift their socioeconomic condition.
The approval came from a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today with its chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
The premier chaired the meeting from her official Ganobhaban residence while ministers, state ministers and secretaries concerned joined it from the NEC Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.
Of the six projects approved today, three are new while three others are revised ones.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Division Secretary Mohammad Jainul Bari said that the meeting approved a total of six projects involving an overall estimated cost of Tk 5,619.46 crore. Of the total project cost, Tk 5,519.87 crore will come from the government of Bangladesh, Tk 42.07 crore from the concerned organisation s own fund while the rest Tk 57.52 crore as project assistance, he added.
According to the Planning Commission, the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs alongside the concerned Deputy Commissioner (DC) offices and the UNO offices will implement the housing project for freedom fighters.
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The government has slashed the development budget for the current fiscal year by 3.26 per cent, keeping the local portion of the fund almost unchanged while trimming the foreign part. As a result, the size of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has come down to Tk 197,643 crore from Tk 205,144.79 crore in the original plan. The allocation of the government fund to the