The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 13 projects involving an expenditure of Tk 58,088 crore 92 lakh. Among them, 11 are new and two are revised projects. The projects were approved today, Wednesday (4 November), at a meeting held at the Secretariat under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and ECNEC Chairperson Tarek Rahman. Of the approved project expenditure, the government's own financing is Tk 50,041 crore, project loans are Tk 7,974 crore, and organisations' own financing is Tk 73 crore.
Among the approved projects, the highest number, five, are under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives. In addition, the remaining projects have been approved under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Defence, Housing and Public Works, Science and Technology, Education, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, and Disaster Management and Relief. The meeting was also informed about five projects with costs below Tk 50 crore approved by the Planning Minister. Home Minister, Education Minister, Law Minister, other relevant ministers including Planning, advisers and senior government officials were present at the meeting.
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