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Five-year, perspective and Delta plans

Bangladesh's five-year and two-year plans

PlanPeriod
First five-year plan1 July 1973 – 30 June 1978
Two-year plan (the only one)1978 – 1980
Second1980 – 1985
Third1985 – 1990
Fourth1990 – 1995
Fifth1997 – 2002
Sixth2011 – 2015
Seventh2016 – 2020
EighthJuly 2020 – June 2025 (FY2021 to FY2025); approved by NEC on 29 December 2020

Watch out: Khandokar's table says the Eighth Plan begins in “July 2021”, but the same book's text and official sources say July 2020.

Totals and updates

  • Eleven plans so far: eight five-year plans, two Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) and one two-year plan
  • The five-year plan idea comes from the Soviet Union, where Joseph Stalin is its best-known promoter (the first Soviet plan began in 1928)
  • Before the PRSP came an interim paper (I-PRSP) in 2003; the first PRSP (NSAPR-I) in 2005 for FY2005-07, later extended a year; the second (NSAPR-II) in 2008 for FY2009-11
  • The interim government dropped the Ninth Five-Year Plan (2025-30) in September 2025
  • In its place a “Five-Year Strategic Framework for Reform and Development” (July 2026 – June 2031); its cover was unveiled on 19 August 2026

Perspective Plan 2021–2041 (Vision 2041)

  • The second perspective plan; it ends in 2041
  • Goal: upper-middle-income country by 2031, high-income country by 2041
  • Four pillars: good governance, democratisation, decentralisation, capacity building
  • Four five-year plans run under it; the Eighth Plan is the first

Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100)

  • Approved by the NEC on 4 September 2018
  • A 100-year techno-economic master plan, drawn up by the Planning Commission's GED with Dutch help
  • Linked to climate change and water management; six geographic hotspots
  • Hotspots: coast, Barind and drought-prone, haor and flash-flood, hills, rivers and estuaries, urban areas

Check yourself

What was the period of Bangladesh's only two-year plan?

At a glance

  1. 1

    First five-year plan: 1 July 1973 – 30 June 1978; the only two-year plan: 1978–80.

  2. 2

    Eighth Five-Year Plan: July 2020 – June 2025 (NEC approval 29 December 2020).

  3. 3

    Perspective Plan 2021–2041: upper-middle income by 2031, high income by 2041.

  4. 4

    Delta Plan 2100 was approved by the NEC on 4 September 2018; it has six hotspots.

  5. 5

    The Ninth Plan was dropped (September 2025); now a Strategic Framework for July 2026 – June 2031.

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