KUWAIT -- Government spending on development ventures by end of the first quarter of the annual development plan (2025-2026) reached the highest level since five years ago, compared to the corresponding periods of previous schemes. The state expenditures on development reflected the government increasing approaches toward executing projects at this level. The development expenditures, by the end of the first quarter of the current year, rose by 11 percent above the KD 117.9 million (USD 386.5 million) spending in the years 2020-2021. Total spending by the end of the current year's Q1 amounted to KD 132.4 million (USD 433.4 million) against KD 54.5 million (USD 178.6 million) in the year 2024-2025, KD 22.7 million (USD 74.4 million) in the 2023-2024 period, KD 31.7 million (USD 101.4 million) in the 2022-2023 duration and KD 98.8 million (USD 323.9 million) in the 2022-2021 period. Compared with the previous annual plans, the current scheme is based on more specific criteria in selecting the development initiatives and specifying legislative requirements for moving development forward.