বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
Department of Economic Affairs,
The Department of Economic Affairs may be divided into the following divisions, each under the charge of a Joint Secretary. The Economic Division is under the charge of a Chief Economic Adviser.
1. Budget Division
2. Planning Division
3. Internal Finance Division
4. External Finance Division
5. Economic Division
6. Insurance Division
These apart, there may be a separate Division under the charge of a Joint Secretary dealing with subjects such as control of Capital Issues. Stock Exchanges and Finance Corporations, Further, for dealing with problems connected with sales tax. a sales tax unit may be set up in this Division.
(1) Budget Division. This Division is primarily responsible for the preparation of the budget other than the Railway budget. The estimates for Defense Services are scrutinized & compiled by the Defense Division, while the estimates for the posts & telegraph departments will be compiled by the Director-General, Posts & Telegraphs. The estimates relating to other Ministries & Departments of the Government of Bangladesh are compiled by the Budget Division with the assistance of the associated Finance Divisions concerned. The ultimate responsibility for the consolidation of the entire budget & the preparation of its supporting documents shall vest in the Budget Division.
It is also responsible for the following items of work:
(a) Obtaining supplementary grants and appropriations in every session of parliament during the course of the year.
(b) Preparation of the “Ways and Means" estimates, the floating of public loans, promotion of small savings movements, women's savings campaign, administration of the public debt & borrowing by the Government & the administration of the Contingency Fund of Bangladesh Rules, including the sanctioning of the advances and their ultimate recoupment to the Fund.
(c) Questions pertaining to audit, accounting procedure, classification of transactions in Government accounts & framing & application of the Treasury Rules.
(d) Work connected with the fixing of the borrowing rate of interest, productivity test rate, interest rates chargeable on the loans sanctioned by the Government, commercial departments and other parties and the Accounts and Audit Reports of the Controller and Auditor-General to the President of Bangladesh before their presentation to the Parliament.
