Over 1,300 Ecnec projects under review: Amir Khosru
Around 500 projects show less than 10% progress
Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS
More than 1,300 ongoing projects approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) under previous governments are now under review, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said.
He made the remarks while responding to a question during the question-and-answer session of the first sitting of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad this afternoon (30 March).
The minister said around 500 of these projects have made less than 10% progress so far.
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"Many of the projects involve concerns of waste and corruption, which is why they have been brought under review," he said.
The projects currently being undertaken aim to strengthen the rural economy, he added.
