Report of the Public Administrative Efficiency Study, Vol-2, 1989

Abstract

The Secretariat System is the cornerstone of government administration in Bangladesh. The decisions of the Government, both regulatory and development, come about as a result of elaborate deliberation within the secretariat. The Secretariat is preliminary responsible for formulation administrative and development policy monitoring the excursion. and evaluating their impact. In carrying out its responsibility, The Secretariat is ultimate accountability to the parliament through the ministry. the basic structure of present the Secretariat in Bangladesh has been derived from the administrative farmework of Pakistan. At the time of independence in 1971, Bangladesh inherited the structure of provincial Secretariat in east Pakistan consisted of a department whose main responsibility was the field of administration of the province. The present Secretariat serves as a national Secretariat and is responsible for formulation policies and coordinating their implantation for the socio-economic development of the country. the functional responsibility of the present Secretariat is, therefore intrinsically different from those of the Secretariat of the pre-independence era.