D𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 |H.E. Dorji Wangdi, Opposition Leader
Channel: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa
Date: 23/12/2021

Parliament concludes deliberation on the Public Accounts Committee’s review reports.

The House today continued the deliberation on the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) review reports. On the follow-up review report of surface collection and dredging of riverbed materials (RBM), the House was informed that out of ten issues of lapses and irregularities, four have been settled, and five are partially settled whereas one issue is yet to be settled as of 29th October 2021.

The House also deliberated and adopted the following resolutions on the Committee’s Review Report on Performance Audit Report on Implementation and Management of National Broadband Fiber Network and on Ex-Country Travels and Short-Term Training (STT): 

To speed up the establishment of the third Internet gateway through Bangladesh;
Put in place an adequate and state-of-the-art infrastructure to ensure e-resilience of the country;
 BICMA to speed up its regulatory role and set up grievance redressal mechanism to be responsive to customer complaints;
Ministry of Information and Communication to frame a strategy to ensure the sustainability of fiber resources and systems to ensure monitoring controls, diligence, and oversight.
Agencies to ensure strict compliance with the rules and regulations related to Ex-Country Travels (STT); and
RCSC should conduct Human Resource (HR) auditing of agencies on an annual basis and rectify the deficiencies in the HR planning and system, and hold the officials concerned accountable.  
It was followed by a detailed deliberation on the follow-up implementation status of the Parliament’s resolution. The House endorsed the Public Accounts Committee’s recommendations with 66 Yes and 1 Abstain out of 67 Members present and voting.  

Hon’ble Speaker also declared the tabling of Royal Audit Authority’s Annual Audit Report 2020-2021 and the Performance Audit Report on Operations of Natural Resources Development Corporation Limited.  The House referred the reports to the PAC, for review and report to the Parliament in the next Session.

source: NABhutan.