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Introduction:

Union parishad is the most important and long lasting tier of the local government in Bangladesh. Since British period the name, structure, term and functions of Union Parishad are changed and by the changing process it has gotten the present form. There is no purpose in this UP system but a plan to implement a special ideology. This system is not an ending line, it is a starting point only. Union Parishad is an ancient ruling method. If the villagers of that time faced any problem, they solved it by gathering together through Panchayet system. For this, Charles Matecafe Changeless Village Republic. Objectives of the Assignment: Because of being a welfare state, this local body (UP) of Bangladesh government formed for serving the citizen. And for this reason, UP needs a large amount of money. Fromm where, UP will get this financial support and how will spend the money, it is the subject of our discussion. Union Parishad in Bangladesh: Local government in the rural area of Bangladesh was originally constituted by the British rulers as an ancillary of its law and order administration. In 1870, under the chowkidary Panchayet Act, the District magistrate was empowered to appoint a Panchayet at the Union level consisting of Five persons. In 1885, the Bengal Local self government Act was introduced Union committee at the Union level. A Union usually consists of 10-15 villages. The next important legislation was the village self Local government Act passed in 1919. After liberation f Bangladesh, Presidents Order No.7 of 1972 was promulgated. This Order simply changed the name of Union Council to Union Panchayet. The latter was renamed as Union Parishad under the Presidents Order No.22 of 1973.
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3 N0. SHINGHAJHU UNION PARISHAD SHINGHAJHULLI ISHAD


Chowghaca, Jessore.

Shinghajhulli is the 3 no. union parishad of Cowgacha Upazila in Jessore district. This gacha union parishad has a glorious history of liberation war. It gained freedom from t Pakistani Army in 3 December 1971 which is kistani recognized as the first achieved independent area of our country.

Governing Body 1. Md. Unus Ali Dofadar 1. Aklima Khatun 2. Shahida Begum 3. Tohura Begum 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Sukur Ali Nazrul Islam Shafiqul Islam Abdus Samad Joinur Rahman Nuruzzaman Alomgir Hossain Abdul Mazid Nur Mohammad Md. Forid Hossain Choukidar: Dofadar: (Chairman) (Women Member) (Women Member) (Women Member) (Member) (Member) (Member) (Member) (Member) (Member) (Member) (Member) (Member) (Secretary) 9 person 1 person

3 N0. SHINGHAJHULLI UNION PARISHAD

At a Glance
01. Name of Union 02. Area 03. Village 04. Block
: Singhajhulli : 13.97 sq km :9 :9
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05. Number of People


Male Female 06. Population Density 07. Rate of Birth registration 08. Percentage of literature

09. Rate of use of Sanitary latrine 10. Occupation 11. Voter 12. Family 13. Hat-Bazar 14. Street
! Peach !! Path !!! Salling 15. Deep Tube-well

: 18,800 (According to birth registration, Feb.2010) : 9,814 : 8986 : 1345.75 (per SQ km) : 100% : 90% : 100% : Agriculture (Agriculture-80.. Bussiness10, Govt. job-2, Non Govt.3, others,5)

: 9,259 : 3,800 :3 : 35 km : 10 km : 15 km : 10 km : 55-60

Institutions
01. Primary School 02. High School 03. Madrasah 04. BRAC School 05. Mosque 06. Temple 07. Club :6 :3 :2 :7 : 22 :5 :5

08. Health & family planning Centre:1 09. Community Clinic 10. Post office 11. land Office 12. Public Bank 13. NGO 14. Public Library :1 :1 :1 :1 :4 :1

Financial Administration
The budgeting System of Union Parisahad has always been like a family. There are two way of local finance: i. Income ii. Expenditure

INCOME
Source of Income for Union Parisahad can be described in three A. Local fund B. Tax-non tax revenue C. Govt. grant A. Local fund Every Local Body has the power to make fund rich by different ways. 1. Voluntary contribution: Local rich people can give a certain amount for UP. 2. Local trust fund: in this fund, all the people of the society can donate for UP. But our Union Parisahad has no local fund. Because local rich people dont interested to donate in Union Parisahad. They think that, government Should carry al expenditure of Union Parisahad. So, from this sector Singhajhulli Union Parisahad doesnt get any amount of money B. Tax-non tax revenue Here, I am showing the income of 2009-2010 Fiscal Year. 1. Tax on immovable property : 40,000/= 2. Remuneration for Village Police : 86,400/= 3. Tax on Profession, trade & Callings : 10,000/= 4. Tax on Cinema, jatra, Theater : 0000/= 5. License fee on vehicle : 0000/= 6. Fees(lease money) haat, bazaars : 0000/= 7. Fees(lease money) from Jalmahals : 0000/= 8. Trade License, Birth registration, Various certificate fees : 15,000/=

Here we can see that, this UP has no income from most of the sectors. There are three Haats but all are Wakf (Donated) for mosque, and there is no public Jalmahals in Shinghajhuli UP. So from these sectors it gets no money. Besides, From jatra, Cinema, theater and vehicle license fees it doesnt get any money. C. Government grants: We know there are 3 types of Government grants, these are Specific grants General purpose grants Percentage grants

1. Specific grants:
Rural work programme (RWT) Food for work programme(FWP) For this programme Shinghajulli UP got 32 metric ton rice, Its price is 11,20,000/= The test relief programme(TR) And for this programme, it got 20 ton rice and Its price is 8,75,000/=

2. General purpose grants:


Since 2004-2005, Every UP has been provided with a block development grant of Tk. 200,000/But Chairman of Shinghajulli UP said that, they never get such amount of money.

3. Percentage grants :
75% for Secretaries 50% for Village police 50% for Member 33% for Chairman : 108,000/= : 86,400/= : 136,800/= : 18,900/=
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LGSP= Local government support prog = progect:


According to secretary of Shinghajhulli UP , This Union Parisahad doesnt get any amount of block development grants. But they get Tk 8,00,000 under Local government support progect (LGSP). The money of LGSP grants is directly added to the UPs account. Union Parisahad has the power to spend this money in its own will. Generally Shinghajhulli Union Parisahad spends this money in various development works.

EXPENDITURE ]
The expenditure of UP may be divided into three major categories namely Current Expenditure: Wages and Salaries Panchayet of office equipment Newspaper expenditure Electricity Bill Toilet cleaning Other expenditure Development Expenditure: Infrastructure Development: For constricting educational institution Building Construction( Mosque temple, Office) : 2,00,000/= : 3,25,000/= :3,49,200/= :30,000/= :3,000/= :6,000/= :10,000/= :1,00,000/=

Embankment, canal, road, bridge culverts etc: These works are done by LGRD. But for maintain these Shinghajhulli Union Parisahad Spends about 50,000 Tk. Miscellaneous Expenditure: Public Health Health: For sanitation and Set-up tube-well: 30,000/=

Arsenic Problem solution Shinghajhulli Union Parisahad is arsenic affected area, so it has to make source of arsenic free drinking water. In this sector the expenditure of Shinghajhulli Union Parisahad is about 1,25,000/= Training purpose: 15,000/=
A Arsenic Free Tube Tube-well

Public welfare Expenditure:


Allowance for widow, aged and disabled : In this project about 900 persons get 300 per head every month . And in this sector the 300Tk expenditure of Shinghajhulli Union Parisahad is about 32,40,000/= VGD Project: In this project 176 women get 30 kg crops per head for two years 100 days working project ( (100 w`bi KgmRb cK) : For creating employment in dull season Shinghajhulli Union Parisahad has a project called 100 days working project. Under this project each worker works 8 hours a day and gets 150tk. It is the positive action of Shinghajhulli UP for solving seasonal scarcity of for job. Tree plantation plantation: In the previous year the chairman of Shinghajhulli Union Parisahad planted a huge number of trees beside the roads. This project implemented by LGRD but for preservation and maintaining these trees Shinghajhulli Union Parisahad was to spend about 1,00,000/=

In the Photo we can see a tree planted road of Shinghajhulli. Photo, hinghajhulli

Now we shall see the Budget of Shinghajhulli UP at a Glance.

3 NO. SHINGHAJHULLI UNION PARISHAD


Chowgacha, Jessore
Budget: 2009-2010 Sl. No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Income Income source Local fund Tax on immovable property Remuneration for Village Police Tax on Profession, trade & Callings Tax on Cinema, jatra, Theater License fee on vehicle Fees(lease money) haat, bazaars Fees(lease money) from Jalmahals Taka 0000 40,000 86,400 10,000 000000 00000 00000 0000 Expenditure Source of Taka Expenditure Wages and Salaries 3,49,200 Panchayet of office 30,000 equipment Newspaper 3,000 expenditure Electricity Bill 6,000 Toilet cleaning Other expenditure Infrastructure Development maintain Embankment, canal, road, bridge culverts etc For sanitation and Set-up tube-well 10,000 1,00,000 2,00,000 50,000

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10 11 12 13 14

Trade License, Birth registration, Various certificate fees Remuneration for Chairman & member The test relief programme(TR) LGSP= Local government support program Allowance for widow, aged and disabled Food for work programme (FWP)

15,000

30,000

1,55,700 8,75,000 8,00,000 32,40,000 11,20,000

Arsenic Problem 1,25,000 solution Allowance for widow, 32,40,000 aged and disabled Tree plantation 1,00,000 Food for work 11,20,000 programme (FWP)

Meeting with Chairman and Members of Shinghajhulli UP


15 April, 2011, I went to my Union , Parishad and met with Unus Ali Dofadar (Chsirman of Shinghajhulli UP) and I

asked about various administrative sites of Shinghajhulli Union Parisahad I point Parisahad.
out the opinion of Chairman below
Meeting with secretary Meeting with secretary

How is the financial condition of your UP?

The financial condition of our UP is very weak weak. From most of our source, we have no income. So, we have to depend on government grant grants.

Helal

What kinds of problem do you face to collect tax tax?

Chairman

Helal

Few days ago, we had many problem like imposing political power, lack of community participation etc. but these are diminishing day by day, people are , becoming conscious about right and duties But we duties. have no sufficient personnel to manage the system system.

Chairman Chairman

What can does the govt. for UP UP?

Helal

UP need more autonomous power. Government should allocate of grants directly to the UP and recruit more personnel. Besides, Govt. should raise the salary of Chairman & members, the power of secretary have to increase. Sector of tax & rates should be increased

Chairman

Problems of the Shinghajulli UP

Discussing with UP Chairman & members I find out some mentionable problem, these are produced bellow. 1. This local body is overwhelmingly dependent on grants and subventions from national government for his income. This does not allow the local body to be autonomous in operation. 2. This local body is does not try to make the most of the tax bases authorized for him. 3. The entire process of planning, budgeting, auditing and accounting of budgeting, this local body is weak due to inadequate personnel. 4. The tax collection machinery of local government is both narrow and shallow. 5. Over the years, the actual yield of local government taxes didnt increase much because the ta rates were not increased proportionately. tax 6. Corruption is another problem of this local body.

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Recommendation:
So any attempt to improve the administration of this local body is not likely to succeed unless due attention is given to correct the above mentioned inadequacies. In other words, in order to remove these inadequacies. The tax base of this local body has to be sufficiently enlarged. This local body should make the best use of the tax base within their competence. The management of this local body should be made more efficient by recruiting qualified personnel and organizing skill oriented training for the existing employee. The rate of taxes on non-income based items should be increased in proportion to the rate of inflation. Some of the tax item, yielding substantial revenue may be transferred from the center government to the local bodies. Local bodies should fix the rates or tariffs for the services or commodities.

Conclusion:
In the ending line we can say that, both central and local govt. should come forward for creating Union Parishad effective and efficient. People also should be co-operative with UP authority. If the UP members are free from corruption, nepotism and political ideology then the UP will be developed.

THE END

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