• ကျေးလက်လမ်းနဲ့ စည်ပင်ကို ဦးစားပေးပြီး လျှပ်စစ်ကို နှစ်ဆတိုးမယ့် တနင်္သာရီ

    Posted in Budget Transparency on Apr 02, 2019

    တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းအစိုးရအဖွဲ့က လာမယ့် ၂၀၁၉-၂၀၂၀ အတွက် ဘက်ဂျက်အကြိုထုတ်ပြန်ချက် (Pre-Budget Statement) ထုတ်ပြန်လိုက်ပြီ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ ဘက်ဂျက်အကြိုထုတ်ပြန်ချက်မှာ တိုင်းအစိုးရရဲ့ ရငွေနဲ့ သုံးငွေတွေကို ဖော်ပြထားတဲ့အပြင် ဦးစားပေး လုပ်ဆောင်မယ့် ဦးစားပေးကဏ္ဍတွေကိုလည်း ထည့်သွင်းဖော်ပြထားပါတယ်

  • What is at stake in Yangon municipal elections?

    Posted in Budget Transparency on Mar 18, 2019

    The hands of YCDC employees await us when we are born at the hospital, and the hands of a YCDC employee may one day bury us in a YCDC-owned cemetery. Your vote will determine whether these hands are tender and nurturing hands, supporting all citizens to achieve their ambitions, or whether they are grasping, careless hands that take our taxes but give little in return.

  • Spending of Constituency Development Fund requires more citizen participation

    Posted in Budget Transparency on Feb 19, 2019

    The report of Joint Public Accounts Committee (JPAC) on the Union Auditor-General Office’s findings about Constituency Development Fund for 2017-2018 fiscal year was released on 6 February. Constituency Development Fund allocated 100 million MMK for each township and the fund is managed by the township’s MPs.

  • How much budgets the parliament cuts and in which areas?

    Posted in Budget Transparency on Sep 20, 2018

    The parliament has just approved the budget on 13 September, cutting down only 0.92% of the total amount proposed by the ministries. A total of 20 different budget assessment teams of the parliament worked to chunk down the government budget proposals since the start of the ninth regular session of the parliament that started on 23 July 2018.

  • 2018-19 FY Union Government Budget in a Glimpse

    Posted in Budget Transparency on Aug 12, 2018

    The Union Government ministries submitted the budget proposals to the parliament on 23 and 25 July. They are now under the scrutiny of 16 budget assessment teams of the parliament. The Bill Committee and the Public Accounts Committee will compile the results and report back to the parliament soon.

  • A sneak peek into 2019 gov’t budget

    Posted in Budget Transparency on Jul 07, 2018

    Finance Commission, chaired by the President, met on 13 July to approve the budget proposals which will be tabled to the parliament in the upcoming session.

  • Giving but not receiving it

    Posted in Budget Transparency on Jul 07, 2018

    Underspending in social expenditures would surely mean we have few or lower quality services. We need better management of these public finances to have significant impact on public life.

  • What your tax money can do?

    Posted in Budget Transparency on Jun 07, 2018

    There are two competiting questions in Myanmar’s public life today. The first common one in our teashop talks of ‘politics’ or ‘government’ is, “Do you pay tax?” It was subsequently complemented by another question mark, “What good would a little more pennies of my tax money do?” Here is the good news.