Dhaka, May 19 -- Government's highest economic-policy body Monday endorsed an ambitious Tk3.0-trillion annual development programme (ADP) for the upcoming fiscal year with nearly one-third of the money earmarked as block allocations.

Economists forewarn that such huge block allocations could create room for misuse of the public funds and undertaking "politically motivated" projects, but the finance minister says ADP structured on well-defined strategic parameter.

The ADP outlay for fiscal 2026-27 is 30.43-percent higher than the Tk 2.30-trillion original ADP outlay and 50-percent higher than the Tk 2.0 trillion revised one of the outgoing FY2026.

Of the new development-budget outlay, the government has kept aside Tk 973.04 billion as b...