through the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) Thursday.
The 35-section bill was passed in the second and final readings,
with 184 votes in favour and four abstentions.
The initial 2.72 trillion baht budget was slashed by 20.5 billion
baht, which was shifted into the central budget for emergency
use and to support implementation of the government's 20-year
national strategic plan, said Deputy Finance Minister Wisut
Srisuphan, in his capacity as deputy chairman of the NLA
committee vetting the bill. The emergency and strategic budget,
as it is known, has now gone up to 422.7 billion baht, he said.
Some state agencies had their budgets cut and the portions
transferred to the central budget. They were given assurances
they will get priority if they need access to the emergency and
strategic fund in the future, Mr Wisut said.
Only a small number of NLA members were present to debate
the budget bill. Two of them took to the floor to voice their
disagreement with some parts of the bill, after their
recommendations for amendments were rejected by the
budget vetting committee. The vetting panel made several
recommendations to improve budget spending efficiency,
including reforming budgetary practices.
It will be possible to assess whether the reforms are successful
by following the progress of projects funded through the budget,
it said.
The proposed reforms need the cooperation from agencies
responsible to draft working strategies, plan policies and
manage human resources, it added. Another suggestion was
the government should set national goals for each area of
a ministry's work, and that current indicators used to assess
efficiency in budget planning and use for each state agency
should be reviewed.
The NLA committee recommended that tracking and accelerating
the disbursement of the state budget should be treated as crucial
tasks. It also wants work performance reviews of state agencies
to be compared against the previous year's assessments.
These reports are presented through an
information technology
system that is updated and monitored continuously.
Overlapping of budgets spent on training, seminars and academic
programmes
should be eradicated, while the objectives of such
programmes should be made
clearer, said the panel.
It encouraged state agencies to make the best use of
their
facilities and seek cooperation with universities in organizing
training
programmes.
The budget panel also said air travel should
be approved only
as a last resort when no other means of transportation is
available.
State officials should only travel by economy class to help the
government save its budget. The committee urged state
agencies
to revise their construction plans to ensure, with the help of
surveys, that their buildings are not put up in areas prone to
natural
disasters, particularly earthquakes.
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu
Krea-ngam said the panel's
recommendations would be forwarded to the cabinet to
use
as practical guidelines for all state agencies.
News,Politics,Bangkok Post, 28 August 2015
In my viewpoint,one of our big problem of
the nation is
human resource management.If we want our country
to be
progress and competitive with the world ,we must
improve
and solve this problem first.
Agree with the NLA recommended to strick
with seminar courses
for the state enterprise officials ,which is
the main source revenue
for the government.
The training programmes
should select properly to match with
national goals and provide the
benefit to the country.
Sincerely Yours.
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