Study of Budget Making Process at District Level - District Budget Punjab.pdf

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District Budget -Punjab

The key to practical democracy is the

active involvement of the citizens inevery aspect of governance; and

budgets as an imperative instrument of governance are no exception. However,the budget-making process in Pakistan

has been closed and largely opaquesince the time of independence

Study of Budget MakingProcess at District Level

Citizens Network for Budget Accountability


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Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) would welcomereproduction and dissemination of the contents of the report with dueacknowledgments.Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI)409-B, Nazim-ud-Din Road, F-11/1, Islamabadt: +92 51 210 82 87, 211 23 15, +92 51 431 94 30f: +92 51 210 15 94email: [email protected]:Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of thispublication. The organization does not accept any responsibility of anyomission as it is not deliberate. Nevertheless, we will appreciate provision of accurate information to improve our work.


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v What is shocking is that City Districts like Lahore and Rawalpindi do no t have theirwebsites.

v There are three districts:Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot, which have very goodwebsites. Multans website has a section named Progress Report where theprogress of different projects can be viewed. It also has a section where the budget2012-13 is available.

v Sialkots website has a separate section for Budgets, but unfortunately there is nodata posted.

v A section named Latest Updates in Faisalabads website contains Budget for thecurrent fiscal year, separate budgets for primary and secondary education andprevious years development and non-development budgets.

Initially many of the district officials claimed that they do have a website but when it was checked,there were no traces of it. When contacted again to ask the same question, it was learnt that manyofficials were pointing towards their district page at the Punjab government s web portal

(www.punjab.gov.pk) The Punjab government s web portal has one page of each district thatcontains some basic information of the district. This page, by no means, can be reckoned as districtgovernment website.

Figure 2: District Government Website


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Q4 Vision/Mission of Local

Government is mentioned in the

BCL?

Q5 EDO (F&P) has sent BudgetCalendar with Budget Call Letter?


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Q6 The District Government (DG)has held consultation with

stake holders before issuing BudgetCall Letter?

Q7 Advance notification was givenby district government for

consultation with stake holder sonBCL?


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Q11 Following means were used tonotify the public that their feed back and

suggestion included while

finalizing the BCL


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Q14 Statement of New Expenditure(SNE) has been finalized by district

government?


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Q15 The Statement of Excess andSurrender has been prepared by

local government?[Hint:Statement

of Excess and Surrender should befinalized in Month of March]

Q16 The Revised Estimates based onStatement of Excess and Surrender

has been prepared by localgovernment?


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Q19 Head of Offices submitted thenew development project proposals

to EDO (F&P) office?

Q20 New Development Projectproposals have been submitted to

Budget and DevelopmentCommittee?


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Q21 District Government has plannedto hold any pre-budget

consultation this year?[Wedefine pre-

budget consultation as anyconsultation, for mal or informal, forwhich initiative was taken by

district government]


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Q22 Following stake holders wereconsulted during the process of pre-

budget consultation [Click all

relevantoptions]


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Q23 Following means were used tonotify the public for pre-budget

consultation


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Q30 AllpersonsworkingonBudgethave computer sat their disposal?

(Y/N)

Q3 1Staff working in Budget Branchhave access to internet at their

workplace?


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Q32 District government hasreleased a pre-budget statement to the public?

[Pre bud get statement iseconomic forecast for the nextfinancially ear prepared and released by government.

It is usually released before the release of budget proposals]

Q33 District government has prepared CitizenBudget for the use of general public? [Notes:We define citizen Budget as presentation of

budget in easy-to-understand, non- technicallanguage for the benefit of citizens]


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Q34 Following details are includedin Citizen Budget [Click all relevant

options]


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Q35 Following means are used todisseminate Citizen Budget [Click all

relevant options]


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Q36 District Government hasreleased to the public the timetable

of different stages for formulatingbudget?(Y/N)

Q37 District government has a website?


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Citizens Network for Budget Accountability (CNBA)

CNBA is a web of 23 civil society organizations and activists from different districts of thePunjab province. These membersand groups are working in the development sector on issuesof human rights , poverty alleviation and socio -economic justice acros s different parts of thePunjab. Not necessarily all of them are working on budget but they have shown ke en interest inengaging in budget work at district level.

The member organizations of CNBA are given in alphabetical order hereunder :

Al-Eimman Development OrganizationAl-Mustafa Development Organization (AMDO)BeFareCentre for Peace & Development Initiatives (CPDI)DAREGood Thinkers Organization for Human Development (GTO)Growing Laggar Aspiring Development (GLAD)Insan Dost Association (IDA)Pakistan Rural Workers Social Welfare Organization (PRWSWO)

Patient Welfare Society (PWS)Peace and Development Foundation (PDF)Public Democratic Forum (PDF)Punjab Lok SujagResearch & Community Development OrganizationSAIBANSANGATSanjh FoundationSanjh Preet OrganizationSociety for Human Amity Peace and Education (SHAPE)Society for Sustainable Development (SSD)Sun Community Development Foundation (SCDF)UFAQ Development Organization (UDO)United Social Welfare Society

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Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives,( C P D I ) i s a n i n d e p e n d e n t , n o n - p a r t i s a nand a not-for-profit civil society organizationworking on issues of peace and development inPakistan. It is registered Under Section 42 of theCompanies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984). It wasestablished in September 2003 by a group of concerned citizens who realized that there was aneed to approach the issue of peace anddevelopment in a an integrated manner. CPDIis a first initiative of its kind in Pakistan. Itseeks to inform and influence public policies andcivil society initiatives through research-basedadvocacy and capacity building in order to promotecitizenship, build peace and achieve inclusive and

sustainable development. Areas of special sectoralfocus include promotion of peace and tolerance, ruleof law, transparency and access to information,budget watch and Legislative Watch andDevelopment.

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