Future dev projects to be run by regular staff
Syed Ishtiaque Reza | Thursday, 5 June 2008
The government has decided to run future development projects with regular staff under the revenue budget to cut back on non-development expenditure.
The move will stop appointment of new manpower for the development projects.
In a circular issued recently, the Ministry of Finance expressed its concern that there has been a persistent rise in non-development expenditure.
"The non-development expenditure has doubled the amount of spending on development in recent time," it said in the circular.
Under the circumstances, it said, future development projects should be implemented with regular staff working under the revenue budget to lessen the pressure on government revenue.
If this trend continues, the government will face serious difficulties in financing development budget in the near future, which will seriously hinder investment in human resource, social and physical infrastructure development, the circular said.
The circular attributed the higher non-development expenditure to transfer of manpower to revenue budget on completion of projects. In most cases, new staffs are recruited although it is possible to run the development projects by the people employed in the revenue budget, it added.
Now the officers and staff working in the revenue budget will be deputed to the projects or they will be given additional charges to run the projects, said the circular issued by the budget wing of the finance division.
It said if it is not possible to depute revenue staff in the projects people working in similar positions in different departments or organisations can be transferred there or given additional charges.
If it becomes necessary to recruit new people for a project, the rationale for this has to be placed before the "inter-ministerial committee for manpower in the development projects". No one can be appointed without recommendations from this committee, it added.
The move will stop appointment of new manpower for the development projects.
In a circular issued recently, the Ministry of Finance expressed its concern that there has been a persistent rise in non-development expenditure.
"The non-development expenditure has doubled the amount of spending on development in recent time," it said in the circular.
Under the circumstances, it said, future development projects should be implemented with regular staff working under the revenue budget to lessen the pressure on government revenue.
If this trend continues, the government will face serious difficulties in financing development budget in the near future, which will seriously hinder investment in human resource, social and physical infrastructure development, the circular said.
The circular attributed the higher non-development expenditure to transfer of manpower to revenue budget on completion of projects. In most cases, new staffs are recruited although it is possible to run the development projects by the people employed in the revenue budget, it added.
Now the officers and staff working in the revenue budget will be deputed to the projects or they will be given additional charges to run the projects, said the circular issued by the budget wing of the finance division.
It said if it is not possible to depute revenue staff in the projects people working in similar positions in different departments or organisations can be transferred there or given additional charges.
If it becomes necessary to recruit new people for a project, the rationale for this has to be placed before the "inter-ministerial committee for manpower in the development projects". No one can be appointed without recommendations from this committee, it added.