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

District Budget -Punjab

The key to practical democracy is the active involvement of the citizens in

every 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 opaque since the time of independence

Study of Budget MakingProcess at District LevelCitizens Network for Budget Accountability

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 ofaccurate information to improve our work.

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v What is shocking is that City Districts like Lahore and Rawalpindi do not have their

websites. v There are three districts:Faisalabad , Multan and Sialkot, which have very good

websites. Multans website has a section named Progress Report where the progress of different projects can be viewed. It also has a section where the budget 2012-13 is available.

v Sialkots website has a separate section for Budgets, but unfortunately there is no data posted.

v A section named Latest Updates in Faisalabads website contains Budget for the current fiscal year, separate budgets for primary and secondary education and previous 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 that contains 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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Q2 Budget Call Letter (BCL) has been issued?

Q3 Date of Budget release is mentioned in BCL?

Yes, date of budget release is...

No, date of budget release is...

Information not shared

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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 Budget Call Letter?

Q7 Advance notification was givenby district government for

consultation with stake holder sonBCL?

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Q8 Purpose of public consultations before finalizing the BCL was clearly

articulated in the notification ofconsultation?

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Q9 Following means were used to notify the public for consultation (taking feedback)while finalizing

the BCL [Click all relevant options]

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Q10 Followings take holders were consulted while finalizing Budget

Call Letter [Click all relevant options]

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

suggestion included while finalizing the BCL

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Q12 The Collecting Officers (CO) have submitted estimates of

Receipts to EDO (F&P)?

Q13 The estimates of expenditures have been submitted to EDO(F&P)

by Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) ? (Hint: Date for submission

of estimates of receipts and expenditure to EDO (F&P) is 1st of

March)

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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 and Surrender has been prepared by

local government?[Hint:Statement of Excess and Surrender should be

finalized in Month of March]

Q16 The Revised Estimates based on Statement of Excess and Surrender

has been prepared by local government?

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Q17 Budget & Development Committee

has approved the revised estimates?

Q18 Headof Offices have submittedrequests for Supplementary grants

toEDO(F&P)offices?

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Q19 Head of Offices submitted the new development project proposals

to EDO (F&P) office?

Q20 New Development Project proposals have been submitted to

Budget and Development Committee?

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Q21 District Government has planned to hold any pre-budget

consultation this year?[Wedefine pre-budget consultation as any

consultation, for mal or informal, for which initiative was taken by

district government]

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Q22 Following stake holders were consulted during the process of pre-

budget consultation [Click all relevantoptions]

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Q23 Following means were used to notify the public for pre-budget

consultation

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Q24 Following means were used to notify the public that their feedback

and suggestion included in Budget Proposals

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Q25 Budget Officer (DO/Budget) is posted in F&P department?

Q29 EDO(F&P) office has researchstaff to conduct market research

and analyze the budget proposals?

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Q30 AllpersonsworkingonBudget have computer sat their disposal?

(Y/N)

Q3 1Staff working in Budget Branch have access to internet at their

workplace?

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Q32 District government has released 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 ofbudget proposals]

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

budget in easy-to-understand, non- technical language 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 formulating

budget?(Y/N)

Q37 District government has a website?

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Q38 District government has posted budget on its website?

Citizens Network for Budget Accountability (CNBA) CNBA is a web of 23 civil society organizations and activists from different districts of the Punjab province. These membersand groups are working in the development sector on issues of human rights , poverty alleviation and socio -economic justice acros s different parts of the Punjab. Not necessarily all of them are working on budget but they have shown ke en interest in engaging in budget work at district level. The member organizations of CNBA are given in alphabetical order hereunder : Al-Eimman Development Organization Al-Mustafa Development Organization (AMDO) BeFare Centre for Peace & Development Initiatives (CPDI) DARE Good 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 Sujag Research & Community Development Organization SAIBAN SANGAT Sanjh Foundation Sanjh Preet Organization Society 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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A Company setup under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 www.cpdi-pakistan.org

Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives,( C P D I ) i s a n i n d e p e n d e nt , n o n - pa r t i s a nand a not-for-profit civil society organization working 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 a need to approach the issue of peace and development in a an integrated manner. CPDIis a first initiative of its kind in Pakistan. Itseeks to inform and influence public policies and civil society initiatives through research-basedadvocacy and capacity building in order to promote citizenship, 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 Legis lat ive Watch and Development.

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