SANGSAD BHABAN, June 6, 2024 (BSS) - The government has allocated Taka 5,377
crore for the Ministry of Public Administration in the proposed budget for
the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25.

The allocation is Taka 217 crore higher than the revised budget of Taka 5,160
crore of the previous FY 2023-24.

In his budget speech, Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali said it is one of the
election pledges of the present government to ensure good practice of
transparency, good governance and democracy in all spheres of public
administration aiming to build a smart and developed Bangladesh by 2041.

"We are working to ensure easy access to public services to reduce poverty
and inequality and to attract domestic and foreign investment to achieve high
growth rate," he said.

Ali said the government has been continuously striving to establish good
governance through regulatory and institutional reforms since it came to
power.

"Digital Bangladesh made our task of achieving good governance easier. We can
achieve the desired level of good governance if we can implement the
framework of 'Smart Bangladesh,' envisioned by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, in
continuation with the ongoing reforms and innovative initiatives to stay
relevant in the era of the fourth Industrial Revolution," he said.

Mahmood Ali said in the light of Section 19 of the Public Service Act, 2018,
the process of drafting the 'Work Evaluation Rules 2024' is underway by the
Ministry of Public Administration for the purpose of objective performance
evaluation of government employees.

Laws or Policies have been formulated such as Public Service (Amendment) Act
2023', 'Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) Formation and Cadre Order
2024', he said.
 
The Ministry of Public Administration has already taken the initiative to
implement the GEMS (Government Employee Management System) programme, he
added.

The minister said if this programme is implemented, a reliable and dynamic
smart database of about 19 lakh government employees will be created and
through this it will be possible to carry out career planning, posting and
promotion of the government employees smoothly.