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Administrative Reform in Bangladesh : Problems of Implementation and Solutions

Cousre title : Change Management : Theory and Practice

Course code : PA-421

Presented by ;
Md. Hasan
Class roll : 17 PAD 009
4th Year 2nd Semester
Department of Public Administration
University of Barishal
Presentation Outline
What is Administrative Reform?
Administrative Reform in Bangladesh
• Civil Administration Restoration Committee
• Administrative and Services Reorganisation Committee (ASRC) -1972

• Pay and Services Commission (P&SC)- 1976

• National Pay Commission (NPC-II)-1984

• Administrative Reorganisation Committee (ARC)-1993
• Public Administration Reform Commission (PARC)-1997
• Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC)-2007

Problels of Implementation of Reforms Initiatives

What is Administrative Reform?

 Artificial inducement of administrative transformation against resistance.

(Caiden,1969)

 Administrative Reform 'is an effort to apply new ideas and combination of ideas to
administrative system with a conscious view to improving the system for positive
goals of development (Lee, 1970:7
dministrative Reforms in Bangladesh

Since independence, a number of commissions/committees were constituted by

different governments in Bangladesh for AR and reorganization to suit theneeds
of their respective policy declarations (CPD, 2001:2).More than 20 reports on AR
have been prepared by these commissions and committees. Moreover, several
reports were prepared by the development partners particularly the World Bank
(WB), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Asian Development
Bank (ADB), and the Department for International Development (DFID) and the
US Agency for International Development (USAID).
Civil Administration Restoration Committee (CARC)
Civil Administration Restoration Committee (CARC) was constituted on 27 December
1971 with six Civil Servants including the Chairman.

Objectives
 examine and suggest ways for restoration of field administration;
 fix priorities and phases under which restoration of the administration may be
implemented;
 suggest ways for absorption of all employees and amalgamation of offices of
Pakistan government with Bangladesh government; and
 consider any other aspect of civil administration that the committee may consider
desirable and necessary.
 Administrative and Services Reorganisation Committee
(ASRC) -1972
On 15 March 1972 a four-member Administrative and Services Reorganisation
Committee (ASRC) was appointed. The chairman of the Committee was a noted political
scientist, a distinguished public administration scholar and Vice Chancellor of the
University of Dhaka.

Objectives
 to consider the present structure of various services.. and

 determine the future structure keeping in view the fundamental needs and
requirements of the government
Cont.......

 to consider the amalgamation of all civil services.. into one unified service;

 to determine the principles óf integration of the personnel of various services in the

new structure and to determine inter se seniority of personnel of the different
services having similar academic background and job experiences in the process of
merger or amalgamation, in some cases structural changes envisioned;

 to determine the future recruitment policy in the government services at various

levels keeping in view the educational and other job requirements; and

 to prepare and recommend a comprehensive scheme for administrative

Pay and Services Commission (P&SC)- 1976
The Pay and Services Commission (P&SC) was set up on 20 February 1976. The
Commission was composed of thirteen members including the chairman. The P&SC was
headed by a retired Secretary to the government.

Objectives
 examine the existing pay and service structure of public sector employees excluding the defence
services but including the civilians paid out of defence estimates and the employees of autonomous
and semi-autonomous bodies, statutory corporations, the universities (excluding teaching posts) and
nationalised enterprises excluding workers;
 recommend a suitable service structure for the civil services along with their method of recruitment,
training and deployment;
 devise rational and simple principles for the amalgamation of employees ot the erstwhile central and
provincial governments performing similar duties and functions.
National Pay Commission (NPC-II)-1984
A fifteen member National Pay Commission (NPC-II) was appointed in May 1984.
The NPC-II was headed by a Justice of the Supreme Court.

Objectives
 to recommend suitable pay structure for officers and employees of government,
semi-government and autonomous bodies; to recommend other benefits including
salaries, house rent, medical allowances, conveyance allowance or
arrangements;
 to formulate suitable principles for refixing salaries, allowances and retirement
allowances from time to time considering changes in the price of commodities;
and
 to recommend suitable retirement allowances for officers and employees
Administrative Reorganisation Committee (ARC)-1993
The ARC was appointed in August, 1993. The Committee consisted of six members
including the chairman, all of them were senior civil servants either retired or serving.

Objectives
 to review the government's administrative structure and staffing patterns in ministries;
and
 to ascertain actual personnel need; and
 to make proposals for reorganising the machinery of government to meet the new
demands placed on the civil service.
Public Administration Reform Commission (PARC)-1997
Public Administration Reform Commission (PARC) was constituted in January 1997
with the former Secretary ATM Shamsul Haque as its chairman.

Objectives
The PARC responsibilities included:
 to recommend policies, programs and activities to improve the level of efficiency,
effectiveness, accountability and transparency in public organisations;
 to enable them to fulfil the government’s commitment to ensure socio-economic
development and reach out its benefits to the people.
 to advise the government on issues of organisation and civil service and
 to restructure the outmoded system of administration.
Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC)-2007
A high-powered Regulatory Reform Commission (RRC) was formed in October 30, 2007. The RRC
had composed of seventeen members. With tenure of one year, the Commission was chaired by
former Adviser to the Caretaker Government and Cabinet Secretary Dr. Akbar Ali Khan.

Objectives
 to identify rules, regulations and government orders that are currently being used in Bangladesh for
carrying out government’s administrative tasks;
 to identify unnecessary /irrelevant rules, regulations and government orders, recommendation to
repeal these;
 to identify while analysing the necessary rules, regulations and government orders, identify those
that create complications and prolong processing time;
 to recommend simplification and doing away with lengthy processes with regard to existing rules,
regulations and government orders
Cont..........

 to recommend reform of rules, regulations and government orders in order to ensure maximum
support and right for the people of a democratic state;
 to make suggestions to modernise the rules, regulations a government orders in order to establish a
modern and progressive administration that is suitable with the democratic system of the country;
 to recommend formulation of new rules. regulations and government orders if necessary;
 to make new reforms regulations and government orders regarding investment and business sector
by taking into cognisance globalisation, regional support and national economic progress;
 to make recommendations to the government on priority basis depending on urgency of the issue at
hand;
 to update the centuries-old rules and regulations of the country.
 to infuse dynamism into governance, administration and the economy; and
 to remove bottlenecks for investment, commerce and trade.
Problels of Implementation of Reforms Initiatives
 Lack of Political Commitments
 Limited Capacity of Government
 Bureaucratic Resistance
 Factionalism in the Public Sector
 Ineffective Basic Public Management Processes
 Corruption
 Politicization of Administration
Recommendations
• the political leadership must commit itself to reform programs, as they are bound to
yield both high political and economic payoffs to the government itself.
• the government must act promptly to restore discipline in the governing system
through positive instruments of order, protection, provision, redress, and rule before
embarking on micro level reforms in the administrative system.
• politicians and officials must concentrate on the basic processes of public
management.
• the role of civil society is very crucial at this moment. Civil Society may play an
important role to implement those recommendations properly.
Cont........

• political life in Bangladesh must be reconstructed.

• the government should adopt an incremental approach rather than a
comprehensive and radical approach to administrative reform.
• the political leadership requires a clear, long-term vision, a readiness to investigate
and make explicit the factors that drive behaviour in designing incentives to
encourage a proactive attitude toward implementing administrative reforms.R
Thanks to Everyone