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Standing Committee on Ministry of Planning

parliamentary_committee · partial (verified 2026-05-17)

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Role
Chairman
Annual budget
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Staff
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Established
1972
Legal basis
Constitution of Bangladesh, Article 76 (standing committees shall be appointed for each ministry); Jatiya Sangsad Rules of Procedure, Rules 190-230 (standing committees on ministries, constitution, quorum, powers of summoning witnesses, reporting to parliament).

The committee is constitutionally mandated but, as of 17 May 2026, no chairman or member list for the 13th parliament has been publicly confirmed. The ministry it shadows is finalising the FY2026-27 ADP (proposed Tk 3,00,000 crore; NEC consideration 17-18 May 2026), managing ECNEC approvals including the Tk 34,497.25 crore Padma Barrage mega-project (approved 13 May 2026), and preparing the 9th Five Year Plan (2026-30) framework after the 8th FYP was abandoned. These three items constitute the committee's expected second-session agenda.

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Provenance & notes

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.

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