Assam State Public Finance Institutional Reforms

• ASPIRe (Assam State Public Finance Institutional Reforms) aims to improve efficiency, ease of doing business and transparency in its Public Financial Management, has commenced with preparation of a World Bank funded project
  • Review of finance dept, its organization, role of FA's in line departments and cadre review of various finance cadres, treasury & finance rules; twinning & partnerships with national PFM institutes;
  • Strengthening Budget Management Processes i.e strengthening preparation process, resource estimation, budget allocation, re-appropriation and execution and budget transparency;
  • Strengthening Cash & Debt Management Capacity and systems;
  • Procurement policy and e-procurement scale up including data analytics
  • Review of PPP Framework and institutional strengthening;
  • LFAD – framework for outsourcing model and pilots.
  • New IT systems for Treasury (FMIS) and Excise (software application development, implementation, maintenance and hardware procurement, including networking, change management and capacity building);
  • PFMS scale up in selected departments (Education, RDD and Health)
  • E-Governance solution for Excise Dept (software application development, implementation and maintenance and hardware procurement, including networking,change management and capacity building);
  • Upgrade of existing application software in CTD incl. hardware upgrade; institutional strengthening of CTD and readiness for GST

Broad Project Scope (Components)

Component 1:

Institutional Strengthening, Reforms & Capacity Building Includes:

 Review of finance dept, its organization, role of FA's in line departments and cadre review of various finance cadres, treasury & finance rules; twinning & partnerships with national PFM institutes;

• Strengthening Budget Management Processes i.e strengthening preparation process, resource estimation, budget allocation, re-appropriation and execution and budget transparency;
• Strengthening Cash & Debt Management Capacity and systems;
• Procurement policy and e-procurement scale up including data analytics
• Review of PPP Framework and institutional strengthening;
• LFAD – framework for outsourcing model and pilots.

Component 2:

Expenditure Management: Treasury Modernization and Treasury:

 New IT systems for Treasury (FMIS) and Excise (software application development, implementation, maintenance and hardware procurement, including networking, change management and capacity building);

• PFMS scale up in selected departments (Education, RDD and Health)

Component 3:

Revenue Systems Strengthening: Excise and Commercial taxes:

• E-Governance solution for Excise Dept (software application development, implementation and maintenance and hardware procurement, including networking,change management and capacity building);
• Upgrade of existing application software in CTD incl. hardware upgrade; institutional strengthening of CTD and readiness for GST

Component 4:

Project Management