Chattogram Bureau :
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has announced its proposed budget of Tk 2,463.98 crore for the fiscal year 2021-22 on Sunday. CCC Mayor Md. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury announced the budget at TIC auditorium in the city. This time, a maximum revenue target of Tk 1,570 crore has been set for the development grant sector.He announced his first budget as the mayor of the current (sixth) board of CCC at the Theater Institute Chittagong (TIC) auditorium on Sunday at noon. Besides, the mayor also presented the revised budget of Tk 1,036.45 lakh for the fiscal year 2020-21.
CCC chief executive officer Mohammad Shahidul Alam presided over the budget statement presented by the chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance and Establishment Councilor.
Panel Mayors Abdus Sabur , Gias Uddin and Afroza Kalam were present . , CCC Secretary Khaled Mahmood, Chief Revenue Officer Nazrul Islam, Chief Engineer Rafiqul Islam Manik, Additional Chief Accounts Officer Humayun Kabir and Ward Councilors were also present on the occasion.
The mayor said Chittagong, known as the Queen of the East, is a green land of natural beauty surrounded by sea, hills, rivers and plains. In Karnafuli and Halda River, nature seems to have adorned Chittagong in a beautiful way. Chittagong has a long and proud history of education, culture, politics, economy, trade and commerce, social and communal harmony. As the main seaport of the country is located in Chittagong, Chittagong has made an outstanding contribution to all economic activities in Asia and the East. Chittagong provides the lion’s share of the country’s national income. That is why it is said that the development of Chittagong means the development of the whole country. The Chittagong City Corporation is at the center of a number of organizations working for the development of Chittagong, known as the commercial capital.
Budget with the expectation of reflecting the hopes and aspirations of the city dwellers and the dream of making the city environmentally, technologically and economically prosperous and livable
The mayor said that he is preparing.
The mayor said Chasik, which was approved by the government in 1986, has a manpower structure of 3,160 posts. Although there is a manpower structure approved in 1986, there is no recruitment rule against it, so there is stagnation in recruitment and promotion. After almost 31 years, with the sincerity of Hon’ble Prime Minister and Leader of the People Sheikh Hasina, the Chasik Employees Employment Rules 2019 has been approved by the Ministry of Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on April 17, 2019 which is gazetted on 11 July 2019 in the original SRO (No. 243-Act / 2019). Recently, an additional 1,046 posts have been approved by the government. As the scope of work in Chasik has multiplied, a full manpower structure of 9,604 people has been sent to the local government department for approval.
In the fiscal year 2021-22, it will be possible to collect / issue 100% of the tax and trade licenses online, the mayor said, adding that a transport pool management system has been formulated to manage all the activities of the mechanical branch through software. Through this all the information of the existing vehicles has been inserted. The software has been integrated with previously developed store management and fuel management systems. In addition, initiatives have been taken to manage the property through software. Holding tax, trade license fee, land transfer tax, rickshaw license fee, advertisement tax, market shop rent etc. are being collected through online banking in the current financial year with a view to bring door-to-door services to the holding owners and traders of CCC.