REFORM JHARKHAND

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REFORM -JHARKHAND

• PROGRESS
• As on
• 30/06/2006

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CLIN 1aProgramme Performance Budgeting

• 1st Phase-July2005to March 2006
• Two Pilot Departments-Water Resources and Social
  Welfare.
• 2nd Phase-2006-07
• Ten new Pilot Departments- Road Construction
  Rural Development Health, Medical education and
  Family Welfare Human Resources Development
  Commercial Taxes Building Construction Urban
  Development Welfare Energy Mines and Geology

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CLIN 1a PPB-1st Phase

• PPB started in June 2005 in the State at the
  request of GoJ.
• PPB Training Manual prepared and in use.
• PPB Task Forces in two pilot departments
  established.
• PPB training completed for two pilot Departments
  -Social Welfare and Water Resources.
• 35 Senior and middle level government officers
  trained in 2005.
• Budget circular to implement PPB in the Pilot
  Departments issued by Finance Department,
  Government of Jharkhand.
• Mentoring and handholding meetings with Task
  Force members regularly conducted to develop
  draft PPB pages 2006-07 for the two Pilot
  departments.
• Two pilot departments submitted draft PPB to GoJ

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CLIN 1a- PPB -2nd Phase

• Ten new government departments selected for
  training in PPB methodology in 2006.
• One workshop for senior government officials on
  PPB orientation organized.
• First round of PPB training completed for 10 new
  departments.
• 108 senior and middle level executives from 10
  new pilot departments for PPB trained.
  Progressive total 143 .
• Four FPAC Resource Persons trained in PPB
  methodology .
• Task Forces established in nine out of ten new
  pilot departments.

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CLIN 1a- PPB training Workshops-

• Two-day basic training in PPB Methodology-
• 1st Workshop 11-12 July, 2005
• 2nd Workshop 6-7 September, 2005
• 3rd Workshop 24-25 October, 2005
• 4th Workshop 26-27 October, 2005
• 5th Workshop 24-25 April, 2006
• 6th Workshop 27-28 April, 2006
• 7th Workshop 29 April-2 May, 2006
• 8th Workshop 3-4 May, 2006
• 9th Workshop 5-6May, 2006
• 10th Workshop 22-23 May, 2006

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CLIN 1a-COMPLETED ACTIVITIES

• Mentoring meeting for PPB Task force members of
  the Building Construction Department held on
  21/06/2006 at REFORM/ Ranchi office at 11am. Mr.
  Bimal Chaudhury, Deputy Secretary, Building
  Construction Department led the discussion. Dr.
  V. P. Sharma facilitated the discussion on PPB
  worksheet as per templates and the PPB manual.
  Nine out of ten members from the department
  participated in the mentoring exercise.
• In view of inclusion of several new programmes in
  the year2006-7, the PPB of the Water Resources
  Department is under revision. Two mentoring
  meetings between the Task Force members and Dr.
  V. P. Sharma, Advisor held on 12/6/2006 and
  26-27/6/2006 to revise the narrative and budget
  pages. One more meeting by first week of July is
  expected to finalise the document for submission
  to Finance department.
•  PPB mentoring meetings held for Commercial Taxes
  and Road Construction Departments on 28th and
  29th June respectively for preparing 2007-08
  budgets in PPB format. Dr. V. P. Sharma conducted
  the mentoring session.

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PPB MENTORING SCHEDULE
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CLIN 1B-Macroeconomic and Revenue Analysis

• ?Completed FPAC Studies
• First Phase
• Realistic Revenue Forecasts for Jharkhand( by Dr.
  Ranjana Srivastava)
• Elasticity and Buoyancy of Sales Tax in
  Jharkhand( by Dr. S. P. Mishra)
• Estimation Of Tax Expenditure In Jharkhand( by
  Dr. Ramakant Agrawal)
• Second Phase
• Impact of reduction of Land Registration Fee and
  Stamp Duties on government revenues by Dr.
  Ranjana Srivastava and Mrs. Sweta Kumari
• Impact of the New Excise Policy of the State and
  Ways and Means of Boosting Revenues in the Medium
  Term by Mr. Niranjan Prasad Srivastava and Mr.
  Bihari Prasad

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? Ongoing FPAC Studies

• Second Phase
• Introduction of Integrated Check Post System in
  Jharkhand and its Impact on Growth of Tax
  Revenues.by Dr. Ramakant Agrawal, Mr. Rajiv Arun
  Ekka, and Mr. Vinay Sinha
• Current Status Information collected through
  meetings with the Commercial Taxes and Mines and
  Geology Departments. Field survey going on
• Impact of Excise Policy on Tribal Welfare by Mr.
  N. P. Srivastava and Mr. B. Prasad.
• Current Status Plan for primary data collection
  finalized.

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? Ongoing FPAC Studies

• Third Phase
• Benefit Incidence of Public Expenditure Scheme A
  Case of Sarva Shikhsa Abhiyan by Dr. Ramakant
  Agrawal, Dr. Hareshwar Dayal and Mr. A. K.
  Mallick
• Current Status Methodology discussed in detail,
  and plan for data collection prepared. Cost
  estimates for sanction of advance sent to GOJ for
  approval
• Cost Benefit Analysis of Irrigation Schemes in
  Jharkhand by Dr. R.K.Mishra and Mr. J. P. Singh
• Current Status Work initiated recently
• Benefit incidence of Social Welfare Scheme by
  Dr. R.R. Sinha, Dr. Govind Sharma,and Ms. Kalpana
  Palit
• Current Status Methodology discussed in detail
  and primary data collection in the field started.

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? Proposed FPAC Studies

• Fourth Phase
• Detailed outlines of following two new studies
  presented in the tenth FPAC meeting held on
  06-06-2006
• Dead Assets and their Impact on Government
  Investment in Jharkhand
• Revenue and Non-Revenue Aspects of Excise
  Policy A Comparative Analysis across Indian
  States
• Detailed outlines of following two new studies
  to be presented in the next FPAC meeting
• Budgetary Processes in Government
• Urbanization and Water Management Problem in
  Jharkhand

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CLIN-2 Debt Management

• Three manuals on Debt Management, Investment and
  Contingent Liability accepted by GoJ.
• Two suitable persons identified by GoJ and
  interviewed for inducting into DIMC.
• GoJ has conveyed its interest in CS-DRMS software
  to GoI.
• State Creditworthiness Toolkit developed by
  REFORM Team.
• State specific training module for DIMC developed.

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CLIN- 6 Project Appraisal

• Training Workshops initiated in August, 2004 and
  completed in April, 2006.
• Three modules of training completed
• Financial Analysis
• Economic and Stakeholders Analysis and
• Risk Analysis
• Workshop on Integration of Project Appraisal
  with Capital Budgeting in April, 2006

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Project Appraisal contd.

• 7 Sector-specific Manuals drafted by trainees to
  be finalized by end-July, 2006.
• GOJ requested to form Project Appraisal Cell and
  make appraisal compulsory for new schemes.
• List of trained officials suitable for appraisal
  work sent to GOJ.
• Check list for appraisal sent to GOJ.

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CLIN-7 Socio-economic Database Development

• Macro-economic database being developed by NCAER
• NCAER teams meetings with senior officials of
  GoJ facilitated by REFORM team. Departmental
  Nodal officers appointed.
• Concept Paper presented to Secretaries of GoJ on
  February 03-04, 2006.
• Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner met
  NCAER team to indicate their expectations from
  the database.
• Draft Interim Report of NCAER sent to GoJ for
  comments.

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CLIN- 8 BUILD CAPACITY OF CIVIL SERVANT TRAINING
INSTITUTIONS

• Needs Assessment Report for SKIPA and SIRD
  submitted.
• Training of trainers comprising resource persons
  and SKIPA and SIRD faculties initiated.
• Project Appraisal included in the training
  calendar of SIRD.
• Section on fiscal and macroeconomic aspects
  included in Foundation training programme for
  Jharkhand Administrative Service.
• SKIPA and SIRD have agreed to be the repositories
  of REFORM training material.
• As an institutionalization effort, three
  workshops on Project Appraisal (PA) out of four
  planned for State Institute for Rural Development
  (SIRD) completed. Fourth phase due from July 3-8,
  2006.

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Success Stories

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• First FPAC established in December, 2004.
• Centre for Fiscal Studies (CFS) inaugurated by
  Honble Finance Minister, GoJ on 16-08-2005.
• Website inaugurated by Mr. George Deikun,
  Director, USAID on 16-08-2005.
• Publication of Training Manual on Tax Analysis
  and Revenue Forecasting (TARF).
• 16 resource persons currently involved in 9 FPAC
  Studies.
• Five studies submitted to GoJ. Ready for
  publication.
• Five studies in process and detailed outlines of
  four studies ready.

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• Two pilot departments trained in PPB methodology
  between June and November 2005.
• Both departments have submitted draft PPB 2006-07
  documents.
• Ten new pilot departments selected by GoJ for PPB
  training in 2006 and first round of training
  completed in May 2006.
• 143 senior and middle level officials trained in
  PPB methodology through 10 workshops.
• Task Forces for PPB implementation established in
  nine departments.

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• Project Appraisal included in the training
  calendar of State Institute of Rural Development
  (SIRD)
• Three phase of training in Project Appraisal in
  SIRD completed. Fourth phase due from July 3-8,
  2006.
• List of eight trained officials for Project
  Appraisal Cell (proposed) sent to GoJ.
• Check List for Project Appraisal sent to GoJ.
• Section on fiscal and macroeconomic aspects
  included in Foundation training programme for
  Jharkhand Administrative Service.

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