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Coming up next dist-level budget

Staff Correspondent
The government plans to introduce district-level budget from 2010-11 fiscal year to ensure transparency in public expenditures and accountability in implementation of the projects. Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday.
"1 firmly believe there will be an epoch-making change in the development initiatives if budget preparations and implementations at district level work as planned, " he said while giving his budget speech
in parliament.
The minister said as an initial step they want to launch a district budget for one district in each division through partial modification and improvement in the classification structure and a few changes in the development project pro-forma.
"I hope I will be able to present a district-level budget in the budget for 2010-11 fiscal year," he said.
Muhith added it could not be said how much resources have been utilised in a particular district as the national budget is prepared centrally and does not reflect the hopes and aspirations of the grassroots people. Besides, transparency and accountability could not be ensured.
He said the government would generate employment for 29 lakh people and reduce poverty ensuring overall rural development under the 'one house, one farm’ project.
"A total of 578,400 rural families will be brought under this programme and 29 lakh people will be benefited directly or indirectly," he said in the budget speech. He added the project would be implemented by June 2014 with an estimated cost of Tk 1,246 crore.
The objectives of this project are to turn every house into an economic unit and ensure village development by creating village-based institutions, among others, he said.
He went on to say that 13,700 kilometres of roads and 54,260 metres of bridges and culverts will be constructed or
reconstructed in the coming fiscal year.
The finance minister said necessary steps will be taken to ensure safe water for all by 2011. Arsenic-free water will be secured by installing 6,114 arsenic-free water sources in FY 2009-10, and use of sanitary latrines would be raised close to 100 percent by next year.
He said the government would seek a balance in the duties and power between the lawmakers and upazila chairmen. "To empower people and decentralise power of the central government, the union and upazila parishads will be vested with additional power."
Muhith said all union parishad headquarters will be turned into planned rural townships and upazila headquarters into municipalities to establish planned towns or townships.
He proposed allocation of Tk 8,321 crore for rural development and local government in the next fiscal year, which is 24 percent higher than current fiscal year's allocation.