Staff Reporter:
A meeting of the Cabinet Committee was held to oversee the implementation of the Government Performance Monitoring System (GPMS) yesterday at the conference room of the Ministry of Home Affairs at Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Chairman of the Cabinet Committee, presided over the meeting, according to a press release.
Committee members Md Ismail Zabihullah, Prime Minister’s Adviser to the Ministry of Public Administration, and Md. Abdul Bari, State Minister for Public Administration and Food, attended the meeting.
Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister A B M Abdus Sattar, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Manzur Morshed Chowdhury, and senior secretaries and secretaries from various ministries and divisions were also present.
The meeting held extensive discussions on the overall progress of the GPMS and its future implementation strategies.
Following the discussions, the committee reviewed the GPMS framework for the 2026–2027 fiscal year across various ministries and divisions.
The committee also reviewed the overall evaluation report on GPMS implementation during the 2025–2026 fiscal year.
Special emphasis was placed on establishing good governance in government offices, formulating time-bound plans in line with government policies, and ensuring effective monitoring and evaluation to achieve assigned targets.
The meeting decided to form a committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary to provide recommendations on simplifying the GPMS and addressing related issues concerning the Medium-Term Budget Framework (MTBF).
At present, GPMS activities are being implemented across 52 ministries and divisions, 386 departments and agencies, as well as field-level administrative offices at the divisional, district and upazila levels.
