COOPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA - Ministry Of Finance

TABLE OF CONTENTS50 - 6953PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY SECTORGuyana Defence ForceProgramme:531. Defence and Security Support55Supreme CourtProgramme:551. Supreme Court of Judicature56Public ProsecutionsProgramme:561. Public Prosecutions57Office of the OmbudsmanProgramme:571. Ombudsman58Public Service Appellate TribunalProgramme:581. Public Service Appellate Tribunal59Ethnic Relations CommissionProgramme:591. Ethnic Relations Commission60Judicial Service CommissionProgramme:601. Judicial Service Commission61Rights Commission of GuyanaProgramme:611. Rights Commission of Guyana62Public Procurement CommissionProgramme:621. Public Procurement Commission70 – 8071Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme408409Programme Details410Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme412413Programme Details414Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme416417Programme Details418Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme420421Programme Details422Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme424425Programme Details426Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme428429Programme Details430Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme432433Programme Details434Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme436437Programme Details438Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme440441Programme Details442Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme444445Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details448450452454456REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTORRegion 1: Barima / WainiProgrammes:711. Regional Administration and Finance712. Public Works713. Education Delivery714. Health Services715. AgricultureVI

TABLE OF CONTENTS70 – 8072REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTORRegion 2: Pomeroon / SupenaamProgrammes:721. Regional Administration and Finance722. Agriculture723. Public Works724. Educational Delivery725. Health Services73Region 3: Essequibo Islands / West DemeraraProgrammes:731. Regional Administration & Finance732. Agriculture733. Public Works734. Education Delivery735. Health Services74Region 4: Demerara / MahaicaProgrammes:741. Regional Administration and Finance742. Agriculture743. Public Works744. Education Delivery745. Health Services75Region 5: Mahaica / BerbiceProgrammes:751. Regional Administration and Finance752. Agriculture753. Public Works754. Education Delivery755. Health Services76Region 6: East Berbice / CorentyneProgrammes:761. Regional Administration and Finance762. Agriculture763. Public Works764. Education Delivery765. Health Services77Region 7: Cuyuni / MazaruniProgrammes:771. Regional Administration and Finance772. Public Works773. Education Delivery774. Health Services775. Agriculture78Region 8: Potaro / SiparuniProgrammes:781. Regional Administration and Finance782. Public Works783. Education Delivery784. Health Services785. AgricultureVIIAgency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme458459Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details462464466468470Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme472473Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details476478480482484Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme486487Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details490492494496498Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme500501Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details504506508510512Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme514515Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details518520522524526Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme528529Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details532534536538540Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme542543Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details546548550552554

TABLE OF CONTENTS70 – 8079REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTORAgency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme556557Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details560562564566568Agency DetailsAgency Summary by Programme570571Programme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme DetailsProgramme Details574576578580582Public DebtAgency Summary by Programme584Programme:901. Public DebtProgramme Details586Region 9: Upper Takutu / Upper EssequiboProgrammes:791. Regional Administration and Finance792. Agriculture793. Public Works794. Education Delivery795. Health Services80Region 10: Upper Demerara / Upper BerbiceProgrammes:801. Regional Administration and Finance802. Public Works803. Education Delivery804. Health Services805. Agriculture90Section 3Section 3.1PUBLIC DEBTDetails of Public Debt588Details of Education Subventions & Grants593Subsidies and ContributionsSubsidies and Contributions to Local OrganisationsSubsidies and Contributions to International Organisations594602Details of Constitutional Agencies609Central Government Capital Appropriation ExpenditureCentral Government Summary of Capital Expenditures By Type & FinancingTable 9Central Government Summary of Capital Expenditures By Sector and Type of Financing610Table 10Central Government Specific Sources of Financing of Capital Expenditure612Section 3.2Details of Capital ExpenditureAgency Code050102030412060708091011131417Agency TitleMinistry of the PresidencyOffice of the PresidentOffice of the Prime MinisterMinistry of FinanceMinistry of Foreign AffairsMinistry of Foreign Affairs and International CooperationMinistry of Parliamentary Affairs & GovernanceParliament OfficeAudit Office of GuyanaPublic and Police Service CommissionsTeaching Service CommissionGuyana Elections CommissionMinistry of Local Government & Regional DevelopmentMinistry of Public ServiceMinistry of Indigenous Peoples 632633

TABLE OF CONTENTSSection 759616271727374757677787980Details of Capital ExpenditureMinistry of Amerindian AffairsMinistry of AgricultureMinistry of BusinessMinistry of Tourism, Industry and CommerceMinistry of Natural ResourcesMinistry of Public InfrastructureMinistry of Public WorksMinistry of Public TelecommunicationsMinistry of Social ProtectionMinistry of LabourMinistry of Human Services & Social SecurityMinistry of EducationMinistry of Culture, Youth & SportMinistry of CommunitiesMinistry of Housing & WaterMinistry of Public HealthMinistry of HealthMinistry of Public SecurityMinistry of Home AffairsMinistry of Legal AffairsGuyana Defence ForceSupreme CourtPublic ProsecutionsOffice of the OmbudsmanEthnic Relations CommissionRights Commission of GuyanaPublic Procurement CommissionRegion 1: Barima / WainiRegion 2: Pomeroon / SupenaamRegion 3: Essequibo Islands / West DemeraraRegion 4: Demerara / MahaicaRegion 5: Mahaica / BerbiceRegion 6: East Berbice / CorentyneRegion 7: Cuyuni / MazaruniRegion 8: Potaro / SiparuniRegion 9: Upper Takutu / Upper EssequiboRegion 10: Upper Demerara / Upper 681682684686688690Section 4AppendicesSection 4.1Public Sector Financial OperationsAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CAppendix DAppendix EAppendix FCentral Government Financial Operations (Accounting Classification)Central Government Financial OperationsBudget Notes to Appendices CPublic Enterprise Cash FlowFinancial Operations of the Non – Financial Public SectorState Owned Capital ExpenditureCentral Government Summary of Expenditure (Economic Classification)Section 4.2Macro Economic FrameworkAppendix GAppendix HAppendix IAppendix JAppendix KAppendix LAppendix MNational Accounts Aggregates of the Economy (Rebased)Gross Domestic Product at Current Basic Prices (Rebased)Gross Domestic Product at 2006 Prices by Industrial OriginReal Output Index (Rebased)Balance of Payments Analytic SummaryMonetary SurveyUrban Consumer Price Index 707708

TABLE OF CONTENTSSection 4.3Other Public DebtAppendix N (a)Statement of Outstanding Loans & Credit Contracted by Public Corporations709Appendix N (b)Summary of Statement of Outstanding Loans & Credit Contracted by Public Corporations711Section 4.4Personnel and Other Employment Related InformationAppendix ORevised List of Approved Appointments, the Holders of Which May be Eligible forAnnual Allowances on Retirement (Transport and Harbours Department)713Appendix PRevised List of Approved Appointments, the Holders of Which May be Eligible forAnnual Allowances on Retirement (Other Than Transport and Harbours Department)714Appendix QList of Approved Positions under Ministries / Departments / Regions719Appendix R (a)Schedule of Salary Scales in the Public Service (from 1 January, 2019)783Appendix R (b)Schedule of Salary Scales in the Teaching Service (from 1 January, 2019)784Appendix SDetails of Pensions & Gratuities785Section 4.5Budgets of Statutory BodiesAppendix TBudgets of Constitutional Agencies & Statutory Bodies – Details of Revenue ExpenditureAgency Code050102030607Agency TitleMinistry of the PresidencyGuyana Lands and Surveys CommissionInstitute of Applied Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Protection AgencyNational Parks CommissionNational TrustNational Sports Commission787788789790791792Office of the PresidentGuyana Lands and Surveys CommissionInstitute of Applied Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Protection AgencyGuyana Office for InvestmentNational Parks Commission793794795796797Office of the Prime MinisterIntegrity CommissionNational Data Management AuthorityGuyana Energy AgencyHinterland Electrification Company Inc.Public Utilities Commission798799800801802Ministry of FinanceBureau of StatisticsGuyana Revenue AuthorityDependants Pension FundNational Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited803804805806Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and GovernanceIntegrity Commission807Parliament OfficeNational Assembly808X

TABLE OF CONTENTSSection 4.50809101121252326323133Budgets of Statutory BodiesOffice of the Auditor GeneralAudit Office809Public and Police Service CommissionPublic and Police Service Commission810Teaching Service CommissionTeaching Service Commission811Guyana Elections CommissionGuyana Elections Commission812Ministry of AgricultureGuyana School of AgricultureHope Coconut Industries LimitedMahaica/Mahaicony/Abary Agricultural Development AuthorityNational Agricultural Research and Extension InstituteNational Drainage and Irrigation AuthorityNew Guyana Marketing CorporationPesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control BoardGuyana Livestock Development AuthorityGuyana Food Safety Authority813814815816817818819820821Ministry of BusinessGuyana National Bureau of StandardsGuyana Office for InvestmentGuyana Tourism Authority Board822823824Ministry of Tourism, Industry and CommerceGuyana National Bureau of StandardsGuyana Tourism Authority Board825826Ministry of Natural ResourcesGuyana Forestry CommissionGuyana Geology and Mines CommissionGuyana Gold Board827828829Ministry of Public InfrastructureGuyana Energy AgencyHinterland Electrification Company Inc.Demerara Habour Bridge CorporationMaritime Administration DepartmentTransport and Harbours DepartmentCheddi Jagan International Airport CorporationGuyana Civil Aviation Authority830831832833834835836Ministry of Public WorksGuyana Civil Aviation AuthorityCheddi Jagan International Airport CorporationDemerara Habour Bridge CorporationTransport and Harbours DepartmentMaritime Administration Department837838839840841Ministry of Public TelecommunicationsNational Data Management Authority842XI

TABLE OF CONTENTSSection 4.5404442454347525556575859606162Budgets of Statutory BodiesMinistry of EducationNational LibraryBoard of Governors of President’s CollegeBoard of Governors of Government Technical InstituteBoard of Governors of Kuru Kuru Co-operative CollegeUniversity of Guyana (Turkeyen)University of Guyana (Berbice)843844845846847848Ministry of Culture, Youth & SportNational Sports CommissionNational Trust849850Ministry of CommunitiesCentral Housing and Planning AuthorityGuyana Water Incorporated851852Ministry of Housing & WaterCentral Housing and Planning AuthorityGuyana Water Incorporated853854Ministry of Public HealthGeorgetown Public Hospital Corporation855Ministry of HealthGeorgetown Public Hospital Corporation856Ministry of Legal AffairsDeeds and Commercial Registries Authority857Supreme CourtSupreme Court Judicature858Public ProsecutionsPublic Prosecutions859Office of the OmbudsmanOmbudsman860Public Service Appellate TribunalPublic Service Appellate Tribunal861Ethnic Relations CommissionEthnic Relations Commission862Judicial Service CommissionJudicial Service Commission863Rights Commission of GuyanaRights of the Child CommissionHuman Rights CommissionWomen and Gender Equality CommissionIndigenous People’s Commission864865866867Public Procurement CommissionPublic Procurement Commission868869GlossaryXII

PREFACEIntroductionThe purpose of these Estimates is to present to the National Assembly information on theexpenditure requirements and revenue forecasts of the Government for the fiscal year and, whererequired, to seek authority for such expenditure through an Appropriation Act. The authoritiesidentified in these Estimates are divided into two categories: appropriated and statutory.Appropriated authorities are those for which the Government must seek approval from theNational Assembly on an annual basis. Statutory authorities, e.g., public debt, are those for whichthe National Assembly has already provided on an ongoing basis, through the approval grantedby specific legislation containing an appropriation authority. These are included in the Estimatesfor information only.The basic structure of the Estimates presented to the National Assembly takes the form of threevolumes and follows a theme of presenting the initial data at a high level of aggregation followedby more detailed information. Volume 1 is divided into four Sections. Section 1 - TheExpenditure and Revenue Plan - summarises the Current and Capital Expenditure requirements ofthe Central Government, and forecasts of Revenues; Section 2 provides details of the CurrentExpenditure requirements of each Agency within the Estimates; Section 3 gives details of theCapital Expenditure requirements of each Agency within the Estimates; and Section 4 providesspecific macroeconomic data in support of the Budget, selected personnel related data, and thebudgets of Statutory Bodies and Constitutional Agencies for the fiscal year. Volume 2 describesthe Programme structures, indicators, objectives, strategies and impacts of each Agency as well assummarised financial performance data. Volume 3 provides information on the profiles ofprojects included in the capital expenditure plan.The 2021 Main Estimates in SummaryThere are nine Government-wide summary tables that are included in Section 1 of Volume 1.a) Table 1 - Central Government Summary of Revenue and Expenditure - shows asummary of capital and current revenue and expenditure and the overall surplus anddeficit;b) Tables 2(a), 2(b), 3 and 4 - show the forecast and actual revenue of the Governmentfor the fiscal years covered by the Estimates;c) Table 5 - provides the forecasted expenditure requirements of each Agency includedin the Estimates and by type of authority (appropriated and statutory);d) Table 6 - provides a summary by Agency of current expenditure requirements for thefiscal years covered by the Estimates;e) Table 7 - provides a summary of current expenditure in accordance with the Chart ofAccounts for the fiscal years covered by the Estimates;f) Table 8 - summarises capital expenditure by Agency and Programme for the fiscalyears covered by the Estimates.Section 2 of Volume 1 of the Estimates presents the expenditure requirements by Agency.Throughout this Section, expenditure details are displayed in four columns: Actual 2019, Budget2020, Revised 2020, and Budget 2021. Budget 2021 relates to the forecasted amount to beappropriated and disbursed during the fiscal year 2021. Revised 2020 figures reflect the latestXIII

unaudited expenditure of the previous fiscal year. Budget 2020 indicates the amount that wasapproved by the National Assembly for the 2020 fiscal year. Actual 2019 indicates the actualexpenditure for 2019.Each Agency presentation begins with an Agency summary table that shows the amount ofStatutory and Appropriated authorities assigned to the Agency for all Programmes within theAgency. The next table provides details on the Actual Staffing for each Agency. The next seriesof tables provides a summary of Statutory and Appropriated authorities for each Programmewithin the Agency. Each Programme’s financial summary is preceded by the Programme’sObjective. The subsequent series of tables report the individual Programme’s current expendituredetails in accordance with the Government’s approved Chart of Accounts with details of ActualStaffing for the Programme. Also included in Section 2 is Agency 90 - Public Debt, followed bytables which capture details of the public debt, Education Subventions and Grants, andContributions to Local, International Organizations and Constitutional Agencies.Section 3 of Volume 1 provides a summary of capital expenditure by sector and type offinancing; by Programme and source of financing, as well as details of capital expenditure.Section 4 of Volume 1, through a series of Appendices in support of the Budget, containsinformation on selected macroeconomic items such as national accounts aggregates of theeconomy, gross domestic product, real output index, balance of payments, monetary survey,consumer price index, financial operations of the public sector, loan guarantees issued by theGovernment of Guyana, selected details on the servicing of the external debt. Section 4 alsopresents selected personnel and other employment related information as compiled by the PublicService Management Department. Finally, this section presents the budgets of Statutory Bodiesand Constitutional Agencies for the fiscal year.Volume 2 provides detailed information concerning Programme structures, objectives, strategies,impacts and indicators of each Agency as well as summarised financial performance data. Thisinformation complements the details provided in Volumes 1 and 2.XIV

Major Changes to these EstimatesVolume 1Section 2 – Central Government Appropriate ExpenditureAgency 47- Ministry of Health, 478 – Disease Control - Non-Communicable DiseasesThis is a new programme which captures three sub-programmes -General Administration,Chronic Diseases, and Mental Health Services.Agency 71- Region 1: Barima/Waini, 715- AgricultureThis is a new re-current programme which captures one sub-programme -Agriculture.Agency 90 – Public Debt (9010161)Internal Public Debt Unfunded InterestItem 9010166 – This Line Item did not exist. This new activity item was created to capture theinterest on the NICIL Fixed Rate Bond. The interest payment of this Government GuaranteedBond was met by the Centra

03 Ministry of Finance Agency Details 88 Agency Summary by Programme 89 Programmes: 031. Policy and Administration Programme Details 90 032. Public Financial Management Policies and Services Programme Details 92 04 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Agency Details 94 Agency Summary by Programme 95 Programmes: 041. Development of Foreign Policy .