Standing Committee on Ministry of Planning

The committee faces an urgent need to address systemic failures in Annual Development Programme (ADP) implementation by shifting from ambitious target-setting to enhancing functional expenditure and monitoring capacity.

Verification status is 'partial' because: (1) the chairman and members of the 13th Parliament Standing Committee on Ministry of Planning have not been publicly announced in verifiable sources as of 2026-05-17 -- the first session (12 March to 30 April 2026) formed only five procedural/structural committees, and ministry-related standing committees are expected to be constituted in the second session (expected June 2026); (2) current_head and head_since are null accordingly. The committee's constitutional mandate (Article 76) requires one standing committee per ministry; the Planning committee has oversight of the Ministry of Planning and its functional arms: Bangladesh Planning Commission (plancomm.gov.bd), General Economics Division (GED), Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), Programming Division, and the Statistics and Informatics Division. The ministry is jointly held by State Minister Zonayed Saki who also covers Finance. The established_year of 1972 reflects the first Jatiya Sangsad session under the 1972 Constitution; each parliament reconstitutes committees afresh. Key data cross-checks: Padma Barrage Phase 1 cost of Tk 34,497.25 crore confirmed across BSS, The Daily Star, Dhaka Tribune, and bdnews24; ADP FY2026-27 proposed Tk 3,00,000 crore and 1,121 projects confirmed by BSS and TBS; ECNEC total of Tk 36,695.72 crore for the 9-project batch of 13 May 2026 confirmed by BSS. Activity score of 5 reflects that the committee itself is not yet constituted; the score captures the planning ministry's operational tempo which the committee will inherit. The 9th FYP is being drafted by the Planning Commission with SANEM providing a technical framework; no FYP text has been published for parliamentary scrutiny as of this date.