DEVOLUTION PLAN CHALLENGES

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DEVOLUTION PLAN CHALLENGES
AHMAD YAR HIRAJ ZILA NAZIM KHANEWAL
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ASPIRATIONS

• IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY
• NEED BASED DEVELOPMENT
• COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION
• PROMPT DECISION MAKING
• EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE
• POVERTY ALLEVIATION
• DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES

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MECHANISM
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FISCAL DEVOLUTION

• FORMULA BASED ONE LINE BUDGETS
• NON LAPSABLE ACCOUNT
• REAPPROPRIATION AUTHORITY
• SOME LOCAL TAXATION
• PROJECT APPROVAL UPTO 20M

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FISCAL DEVOLUTION(ISSUES)

• POST PFC AWARD DECISIONS
• NARROW BASED TAXATION
• PURCHASE RESTRICTIONS
• NO INSPECTION RULES
• PROVINCIAL RECEIPTS
• BY DEVOLVED SERVICES

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ADMINISTRATIVE DEVOLUTION

• POSTINGS TRANSFERS
• RATIONALIZATION OF STAFF
• ABOLISHMENT OF POSTS
• CREATION OF POSTS
• ACCOUNTABILITY MONITORING

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ADMINISTRATIVE DEVOLUTION (ISSUES)

• GOVERNMENT BAN ON TRANSFERS
• LIMITED RECRUITMENT POWERS
• INTERVENTION OF LINE DEPTS.
• (BY PASSING THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT)
• PROVINCIAL YARD STICKS INTACT

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D E V E L O P M E N T

• MUCH ACCELERATED PACE
• NEED BASED DEVELOPMENT
• BOTTOM UP PLANNING (THROUGH
  REPRESENTATIVES)
• COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION (CCBs)
• BETTER PLANNING MONITORING (SMCs)
• COMPLETION OF UNFUNDED SCHEMES
• REHABILITATION AND MR OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

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CONCERNS

• BREACH OF DEVOLVED AUTHORITY
• PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT BY THE GOVT.
• MISMATCH OF AUTHORITY (ADMIN/FISCAL)
• COMMITMENT TO DEVOLUTION ?
• INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT ?
• (INCOMPLETE STRUCTURES)
• CONSEQUENTIAL LEGISLATION AWAITED (e.g. SERVICE
  RULES, INSPECTION RULES)

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BUDGET CONSTRAINTS

• EFFECT OF SALARY ENHANCEMENT
• Yr BUDGT SALRY N/SAL. DEVT.
• 1 1600 1450 100 150 9.38
• 2 1650 1500 100 150 9.09
• 3 1700 1550 100 150 8.82
• 4 1750 1600 100 150 8.57

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OBSERVATION

• THE MASSIVE RESTRUCTURING IN THE NAME OF
  DEVOLUTION IS A RAY OF HOPE FOR THE COMMON
  PERSON. NO IMPROVEMENT, OR INEFFECIENCY IN
  SERVICES BECAUSE OF INCOMPLETE STRUCTURES AND
  PARALYSED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DUE TO GOVERNMENT
  INTERVENTION SHALL LEAVE THE PEOPLE FURTHER
  DISSATISFIED AND DISAPPOINTED!

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