Recently Bangladesh has adopted its 7th five year plan highlighting the economic growth and citizen empowerment. It has lots of promises for its economy and overall general development. This presentation tried to seek the pros and cons of energy and power sector development of this perspective plan.

1. 7th Five Year Plan: Accelerating Growth,
Empowering Citizen
Presented by-
A. H. M. Nahid
Naim Ebna Rahman
Nefertum Morsheda Medula
Maisha Samiha

2.  Sector 5 Power & Energy Development strategy
 Recommendation for Power & Energy Development strategy
 7th FYP to deal with energy problem
 Sector 6 Transportation and Communication in 7th FYP
 Some Recommendations for Transportation and
Communication sector
 Sector 7 Local government & Rural development
 Recommendations for improving local government &
Rural development

3.  Gas 14.8 TCF reserve will be depleted by FY 2023
 LNG import (worth of $2.7 billion annually)
 Finalize the national coal policy.
 Coal production from the other coal fields.
 Use coal as main source for power generation
 Use of solar and nuclear energy.
 Nuclear power generation.
 Exploring electricity-trading options with neighboring
countries

4. Gas
63%
Liquid fuel
29%
Coal
2%
Oters
6%
FY 2015 ( Diversifying fuel use in power
generation)
Gas Liquid fuel Coal Oters
 Diversification of primary
fuel for electricity
generation.
 Generate 800MW of power
through renewable energy by
FY2017
 Finalize National Energy
Policy.

5. Recommendation
 Price hike due to import initiatives; citizens awareness of
energy saving issue.
 A regulatory body to combat corruption.
 Keeping the growth of industrial sector, concentration should
be put on agriculture sector utilizing the judicious
combination of human capital and modern technology.

9. 1. Revision of the PSMP 2010 projections for power
generation for the Seventh Plan.
2. A further expansion in the contribution of the private
sector in power generation.
3. Accelerating the implementation of scalable power
generation through renewable energy (solar & wind).
4. Expanding trade with India and also explore hydro-
power import opportunities with Nepal and Bhutan.
5. Introduction of massive transmission and distribution
development programmes.

10. 6. Expansion of Rural Electrification Distribution Plan by
BREB.
7. Major programmes to ensure smooth distribution of
power in the urban areas .
8. Improving Operational Efficiency of Generation Plants
9. New Pricing Policies and Cost Recovery
10. Ensure functioning of SREDA. It has three main pillars:
(1) Energy management Programme
(2) Energy efficiency labelling Programme
(3) Energy efficiency building Programme

12. Objectives of the 7th FYP:
 To address the implementation gaps of the Sixth Five Year Plan.
 To promote regional connectivity and support for the Trans-Asian
Highway Project.
 To address the anticipated Chittagong port capacity constraints
owing to growing income and international trade.
 To reform the PPP strategy with a view to achieving stronger
progress with this under the Seventh Plan.
 To identify transport infrastructure projects and then allocate
resources accordingly.
 To focus on timely completion of transformational infrastructure
investment.

13.  Some Recommendations:
 Political willingness much needed to implement these
strategic plans.
 Traffic knowledge should be available so that policies can be
appropriate.
 Corruption should be reduced in the infrastructure
development projects.
 Projects should be completed within given time period.
 Projects should be sustainable and long lasting.
 Quality and safety should be maintained during construction

14. Strategies for Local Development:
Urban Development:
 1. Sustainable urban development
 2. Better quality of life
 3. Ensure land use
 4. Urban governance and management
 5. Institutionally and financially capable city corporations and
municipalities.

15. 1. Rural Employment Generation and Poverty Reduction .
2. Alleviate Rural Poverty and Strengthening Rural Economy
3. Agriculture value chain development through cooperatives
4. Improving Service delivery system through ICT
5. Rural Transport Development and Management

16. 1. Reduce human resource deficiency in LGIs(Local
Government Institutions).
2. Transparency should be ensured from allocation to
implementation level.
3. Budget allocation for structural development system should
be easy
4. Structural development should be done in time
5. Both urban and rural women should be empowered for
taking part in the development activities.

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