Thursday, December 26, 2013

Shrouded in secrecy

Anirudra Neupane

Budget is a long process of which budget formulation is just one part. It includes budget approval, execution, reporting and auditing. Public oversight in the budget process involves public interest and participation in and scrutiny of major aspects of budget process.This starts from formulation of policies and programs and ends with reporting and auditing. Public participation in budget process is taken to be the building block of enhanced Public Financial Management (PFM).