Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will soon sit with the high-ups of all the ministries and divisions in phases in a bid to incorporate their ideas and suggestions in development projects and thus have better development outcomes, reports UNB. "I'll sit with the high-ups of all the ministries and divisions soon -- hopefully two ministries each week -- to hear their suggestions," he told the news agency. The panning minister said since the size of the economy has increased a lot over the years alongside growing demands in various sectors, there is a need for enhancing the implementation capacity of the executing agencies.
Under the circumstances, he said, such an initiative will help know and incorporate the ideas and suggestions of the implementing agencies so that the development schemes could be implemented in a much better
integrated way.
"I hope these sittings will also help the ministries conceive project ideas in a better way alongside avoiding distortion in project formulation, making those cost effective ones and averting cost overrun," he added.
Mustafa Kamal said the ministries will also be advised not to make project duration lengthier to avoid repeated revisions and cost overrun. “The panning mnistry will extend all necessary cooperation in this regard."
Terming the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs as an important one since women and children represent around 60 per ent of the country's overall population, he noted that there is no such significant development projects coming from this ministry.
During his upcoming meeting with this ministry, the minister said it would be suggested to come up with more project ideas, especially to mainstream the country’s women folk in the national economy.