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1. 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 Making
Process at District Level
Citizens Network for Budget Accountability

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5. Table of Content

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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. Multan’s 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 Sialkot’s website has a separate section for Budgets, but unfortunately there is no
data posted.
v A section named Latest Updates in Faisalabad’s website contains Budget for the
current fiscal year, separate budgets for primary and secondary education and
previous year’s 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 many
officials 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 district
government 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

26. 2323
Q4 Vision/Mission of Local
Government is mentioned in the
BCL?
Q5 EDO (F&P) has sent Budget
Calendar with Budget Call Letter?

27. 2424
Q6 The District Government (DG)
has held consultation with
stake holders before issuing Budget
Call Letter?
Q7 Advance notification was given
by district government for
consultation with stake holder son
BCL?

28. 2525
Q8 Purpose of public consultations
before finalizing the BCL was clearly
articulated in the notification of
consultation?

29. 2626
Q9 Following means were used to
notify the public for consultation
(taking feedback)while finalizing
the BCL [Click all relevant options]

30. 2727
Q10 Followings take holders were
consulted while finalizing Budget
Call Letter [Click all relevant
options]

31. 2828
Q11 Following means were used to
notify the public that their feed back and
suggestion included while
finalizing the BCL

32. 2929
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)

33. 3030
Q14 Statement of New Expenditure
(SNE) has been finalized by district
government?

34. 3131
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?

35. 3232
Q17 Budget & Development
Committee
has approved the revised
estimates?
Q18 Headof Offices have submitted
requests for Supplementary grants
toEDO(F&P)offices?

36. 3333
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?

37. 3434
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]

38. 3535
Q22 Following stake holders were
consulted during the process of pre-
budget consultation [Click all
relevantoptions]

39. 3636
Q23 Following means were used to
notify the public for pre-budget
consultation

40. 3737
Q24 Following means were used to
notify the public that their feedback
and suggestion included in
Budget Proposals

41. 3838
Q25 Budget Officer (DO/Budget) is
posted in F&P department?
Q29 EDO(F&P) office has research
staff to conduct market research
and analyze the budget proposals?

42. 3939
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 next
financially ear prepared and released by government.
It is usually released before the release of
budget 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]

44. 4141
Q34 Following details are included
in Citizen Budget [Click all relevant
options]

45. 4242
Q35 Following means are used to
disseminate Citizen Budget [Click all
relevant options]

46. 4343
Q36 District Government has
released to the public the timetable
of different stages for formulating
budget?(Y/N)
Q37 District government has a website?

47. 4444
Q38 District government has posted
budget on its website?

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56. 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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