Strengthening Public Financial Management Project Component 1: Implementation of Treasury Single Account : Issues & Challenges Dec 26,2013

Outline of Presentation Implementation Status Implementation Issues Way Forward Current affairs

Implementation Status Rolled out in all 75 DTCOs 4500 SUs have been captured under TSA Approximately 1050 of DTCO Staffs have been involved in operation of the system Approximately 13,717 Spending Units' Bank Accounts have been closed

contd... More than 560 DTCO staffs have been trained separately for IT based TSA-DECS system Daily Budgetary position (Receipts & Payments) Information on monthly cash requirement Approximately 6,872 employees including office chiefs, accounts chiefs, and bank & DTCOs staffs have been oriented.

contd... All Districts have been connected with FCGO through online system (optical fiber-53,ADSL system of NTC) Basic hardware facilities have been in place in DTCOs. High configured Data Center (DC) and Data Recovery (DR) Center have been established in the center with satisfactory power back up system

Implementation Issues Instability of Hardware Facility - Central Server, Connectivity, Power Supply, Other hardware accessories Issue of High level IT Personnel Other public sectors' data are not captured - Local bodies, University Grant Commission, Poverty Eradication Fund, Peace Fund etc. Various Government's accounts (non freezable) are out of the system

contd... Prioritization and Implementation of activities for enhancing IT system - Strengthening Networking system, Power Back up System, Establishment of Monitoring Mechanism etc.

Way Forward Sustainability and Maintenance of the System - IT support :Personnel, hardware and software - Operating cost - TSA /DECS training for DTCO staffs - Technical training on accounting, cash management, exp. and revenue controls for DTCO & Ministry level accountants

contd... Capacity building for FCGO/DTCO middle level managers - exposure visit(experience sharing) & third country training: Financial management, Internal audit, treasury control etc. Upgrading FMIS -central system -commitment accounting

contd... Full functionality of TSA - Investment (Share & Loan) to SoEs are not under the system - Daily Treasury Position - e-payment

Current affairs Monitoring of 60 Districts is going on TSA Incentive Review of TSA Nirdesika Review of Kha 6 Khata Central Revenue Software

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