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Lecture 15 (A) Administrative Set Up

The document discusses the administrative set-up in Bangladesh, including: 1) The administrative structure is hierarchical with secretaries overseeing additional secretaries, joint secretaries, deputy secretaries and assistant secretaries. 2) Field administration includes divisions, districts, upazilas, and thanas that implement policies set by the ministry. 3) Recent laws now require autonomous bodies, legislative bodies, and local governments to get approval from the Finance Division for expenditures.

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Lecture 15 (A) Administrative Set Up

The document discusses the administrative set-up in Bangladesh, including: 1) The administrative structure is hierarchical with secretaries overseeing additional secretaries, joint secretaries, deputy secretaries and assistant secretaries. 2) Field administration includes divisions, districts, upazilas, and thanas that implement policies set by the ministry. 3) Recent laws now require autonomous bodies, legislative bodies, and local governments to get approval from the Finance Division for expenditures.

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ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP

Characteristics of Administrative Set-up

(a) Whole administrative structure are


hierarchically organized. Such as-
Secretary

Additional Secretary

Joint Secretary

Deputy Secretary

Assistant Secretary

(b) Organizational activities are horizontal.


Such as secretaries span of activities are limited
to certain areas.

(c) Administrators have trained for achieve the


goal.
(d) Any organization in the administration has
performed multi-functional activities.

(e) Every unit in the administrative organization


are followed by:

(1) Policy making center. These center


establish on the basis of ‘Ministry’

(2) Field administration. It includes division,


district, thana.

Administration system/
Administrative Set-up

Policy making Policy implementation


center center
Ministry Field administration

Division Zilla/ Upazila/


District Thana
General pattern of functional administrative
units and secretariat set-up in Bangladesh.

Overall administrative
President
head of the country
Cabinet headed by
All ministers/Division
Prime Minister
Political/policy head of
Minister
the Ministry
Administrative head of
Secretary
the Ministry/Division
In charge of the
Additional Secretary
Ministry / Division
Joint Secretary Head of wing

Deputy Secretary Head of branch

Assistant Secretary Head of section

Subordinate Staff Supportive function

*Attached officers/
Corporations/Autonomous
bodies

*In general terms these organizations are to


function as national concern.
Autonomous Body

An Autonomous Body (AB) is set up by the


government for a specific purpose. It is
independent in day-to-day functioning, but the
government has some control over ABs. The
government funds ABs in some way — revenue
expenditure, capital expenditure, or both.

Ex: Bangladesh Biman Limited.

What is an example of a public corporation


in Bangladesh?
Such a company is wholly autonomous and
makes its own rules and decisions in respect of
investment, finance, personnel and commercial
audit. Bangladesh Shilpa Bank, Rajshahi Krishi
Unnayan Bank and Sate Owned Commercial
Banks (SOCBs) are examples of joint stock
forms of public sector enterprises in
Bangladesh.
Recent Law: Autonomous bodies must have
prior clearance for expenditures: Cabinet

The approval came from the cabinet meeting


chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her
office.
The autonomous, legislative and local
government bodies will need clearance from
the Finance Division over financial
expenditures as the Cabinet on Monday
approved the draft of Public Service
(Amendment) Act, 2022, incorporating such
provisions.

"In the existing Public Service Act, 2018, now


the Finance Division has authority over the
financial matters of the government entities,
officials and employees, but it was not clear
what would be involvement of the Finance
Division regarding the autonomous, legislative
and local government bodies," said Cabinet
Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam while
briefing reporters at the Secretariat.

Explaining the provision, he said that the public


universities, the Election Commission, or local
bodies like city corporations and union
parishads will have to take opinions of the
Finance Division over their financial
expenditures. "So, the Finance Division will
have a say" he added.

The Cabinet Secretary, however, said it had


been mandatory too for the autonomous,
legislative and local government bodies to take
clearance from the Finance Division before, but
the enactment of the existing law in 2018 made
it unclear.

FIELD ADMINISTRATION
Below the national government level, the
administrative setup in Bangladesh consists of a
large number of field units, which lay
geographically, spread throughout the country.

The pattern of territorial administrative units in


Bangladesh-
Bangladesh

Division City Corporation


Commissioner Mayor (Elected)

District
Deputy Commissioner

Upazila Paurashava in town


Upazila Parishad area
Chairman (Elected) Chairman (Elected)

Union Parishad
Chairman (Elected)

Village
CHARACTERISTICS OR CRITICISMS
OF BANGLADESH BUREAUCRACY

1. Bureaucrats fulfill both the administrative


function of ‘policy implementation’ and the
political functions of ‘policy making’.
2. Bangladeshi bureaucratic system is highly
centralized, the bureaucrats who occupy the
top echelons of the central government
made all decisions of policy significance.
3. Bangladesh bureaucracy is full of
administrative irregularities,
mismanagement, inefficiency and
corruption.
4. Bangladesh bureaucracy is not responsive
to peoples needs; citizens have little access
to information about government processes
and decisions.
5. Bureaucrats abuse their power because of
the low level of their salary, erosion of
prestige, status and job satisfaction.

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