The objective of the TA is to improve and accelerate development management in Assam by supporting Government of Assam in the design and sequencing of priority public resource management and governance reforms against the background of the Medium Term Fiscal Reform Program (MTFRP) MOU through a focus on: (i) fiscal reforms to improve resource mobilization; (ii) fiscal reforms on public expenditure management to strengthen fiscal discipline, improve resource allocation and enable better operational management; (iii) fiscal reforms to stabilize government finances; and (iv) governance and public management reforms to enhance cost effective, sustainable and quality public services through decentralized delivery, and accountable, focused and responsive government and public sector enterprises limited to the appropriate role in modern economy supporting revenue growth and expenditure management.
| Project Name | Preparing the Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Program | ||||||||
| Project Number | 36308-012 | ||||||||
| Country | India |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Public sector management / Public expenditure and fiscal management |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||||||
| Description | The objective of the TA is to improve and accelerate development management in Assam by supporting Government of Assam in the design and sequencing of priority public resource management and governance reforms against the background of the Medium Term Fiscal Reform Program (MTFRP) MOU through a focus on: (i) fiscal reforms to improve resource mobilization; (ii) fiscal reforms on public expenditure management to strengthen fiscal discipline, improve resource allocation and enable better operational management; (iii) fiscal reforms to stabilize government finances; and (iv) governance and public management reforms to enhance cost effective, sustainable and quality public services through decentralized delivery, and accountable, focused and responsive government and public sector enterprises limited to the appropriate role in modern economy supporting revenue growth and expenditure management. The TA will be implemented under the following four components, (i) Fiscal Reforms (Revenues); (ii) Fiscal Reforms (Public Expenditure Management); (iii) Fiscal Reforms (Debt and Fiscal Responsibility); (iv) Governance and Public Management Reforms. |
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| Environment | C |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will engage a team of international and domestic consultants to execute the TA. Consultant input will comprise approximately 16 person-months by international consultants and 32 person-months by domestic consultants. The consultants will have experience and expertise in public finances, VAT, and tax administration/legislation, public expenditure and public sector enterprise restructuring, utility pricing, sectoral user fees and cost recovery, fiscal and administrative decentralization, performance accountability and land titling, settlement and revenue. The team of consultants, including both a firm and individual consultants will be selected and engaged in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB on the engagement of domestic consultants. |
| Procurement | To be determined. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Goswami, Arjun |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, SARD |
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Finance Department, Government of Assam Mr. Rajiv Bora, Secretary [email protected] Assam Secretariat, Guwahati-781006 Guwahati City, Assam India |
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| Concept Clearance | 30 Apr 2003 |
| Fact Finding | 11 May 2003 to 24 May 2003 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 17 Jul 2003 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 31 Jan 2007 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
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| 17 Jul 2003 | 07 Aug 2003 | 07 Aug 2003 | 30 Jun 2004 | 30 Jun 2005 | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
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| 100,000.00 | 700,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 800,000.00 | 17 Jul 2003 | 698,574.24 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Program | Technical Assistance Reports | Jul 2003 |
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