YEARBOOK 2018-19 MILITARY LANDS AND CANTONMENTS DEPTT 1 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 MISSION STATEMENT 3 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 3 FUNCTIONS 4 Defence Land Management 5 Local self-government in Cantonment areas including 5 ORGANOGRAM 5 ACHIEVEMENTS 6 Cantt Public Education System 6 Upgradation of Facilities at Cantonment General Hospitals and Dispensaries 8 Cantonment Servants Recruitment & Promotion Policy 2019 11 Capacity Building of Human Resource 12 Cantonment Board Citizen Assistance and Rapid Execution (CBCARE) Centers 14 ML&C Management Information System (MIS) 17 PROMOTIONS 20 ANNUAL BUDGET 22 RELEASE OF FUNDS - OPERATING EXPENSES 23 PUBLIC SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (PSDP) 24 ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS FOR LOANS AND ADVANCES 24 REIMBURSEMENT OF MEDICAL CHARGES 24 PENSION / ASSISTANCE PACKAGE 25 SPORTS AND CO-CURRICULAR / OTHER ACTIVITIES 25 OTHER ACTIVITIES 27 FUTURE PLANS AND GOALS / TARGETS 28 LIST OF TABLES 28 LIST OF FIGURES 29 2 MILITARY LANDS AND CANTONMENTS DEPARTMENT INTRODUCTION Military Lands & Cantonment Department is headed by the Director General, Military Lands & Cantonments(DG ML&C). He is followed in hierarchy by an Additional Director General and assisted by four Directors in HQ. HQ ML&C has under its jurisdiction six regional directorates namely Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Karachi and Quetta. HQ ML&C through regional directorates manages 11 Military Estate(ME) Circles and 44 Cantonment Boards (CBs) in all over Pakistan. MISSION STATEMENT “To ensure pro-people, efficient local governance in Cantts and effective management of Defence land” HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Department of Military Lands and Cantonments is managing Defence Lands and Cantonment Boards all over Pakistan. ML&C Department serves an area of about 600,000 acres of land, attends to and promotes the interest of more than 4.7 Million people, handles budgets amounting to approximately Rs. 25 billion which is increasing on a yearly basis and manages a human resource base of nearly 19,000 employees. Defends over 6,000 litigation cases Defence lands and cantonments exists since British Rule. The first Cantonment was established back in 1765 at Barrackpore. Pakistan inherited 23 Cantonment Boards. Keeping in view the requirement of defence services, number of Cantonment Boards have increased from time to time and now there are 44 Cantonment Boards. 3 Following independence of Pakistan, the assets that were with the Ex-state forces and the lands that had been in use for defence purposes accrued to the Government of Pakistan (Ministry of Defence) through constitutional provisions. These were brought on record and consolidated by Military Estates Officers. Presently, there are 11 Military Estate Circles in Pakistan. In 1975, “Military Lands and Cantonments Group” was instituted absorbing all the Military Estates Officers, the Executive Officers of the Cantonments and the Directorate in the Ministry of Defence. The appointments of the officers to this Cadre is through CSS Examination annually conducted by the Federal Public Service Commission(FPSC). Cantonment Boards are autonomous bodies working under the administration of ML&C Deptt. Cantonments are classified into three categories (A, B & C) depending on the size of the civilian population. Depending on this the Cantonment Boards were authorized 3 to 15 members that includes equal no of elected and nominated members. The Officer Commanding the Station became the ex-officio President. Cantonment Boards generate their own funds through levying of taxes and appoint their own staff. The taxes to be levied are comparable to those in the adjacent municipality. All the activities of the organization are monitored and supervised by the Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonments, Ministry of Defence through Regional Directorates in Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Karachi and Quetta. FUNCTIONS Military Lands and Cantonments is an attached department of Ministry of Defence. Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonments provides advisory input on defence lands and local government matters in cantonments to the Federal Government (Ministry of Defence) and all related stakeholders i.e. Service Headquarters and other organizations under Ministry of Defence. 4 Following are the main functions of ML&C Deptt: a. Defence Land Management i. Acquisitioning or requisitioning of property for Defence Services ii. To defend litigation in the court of law to safeguard the interest of the Govt b. Local self-government in Cantonment areas including Cantonment Boards are statutory local bodies and perform the following functions: i. Efficient management of the Local Government in CBs ii. Preparation of Annual Budget of CB and Revenue collection iii. Building control, dev and maintenance of Parks, green belts and road infrastructure iv. Provision of civic amenities v. Development works for cantonment residents vi. Provision of health facilities vii. Provision of education facilities viii. Maintenance of hygiene and sanitation ix. Taking census in cantonment areas x. Taking survey of cantonment area ORGANOGRAM Figure 1 - Organogram of HQ ML&C 5 ACHIEVEMENTS i. Cantt Public Education System To maintain the glorious traditions of ML&C Department of imparting quality education to the residents of cantonments in Pakistan, up gradation of existing and development of new modern and state of the art educational institutions was undertaken in a phased program. Cantt Public Education Institutes(CPEIs) are providing modern learning environment and education to approximately over 25,000 students throughout the country. CPEIs introduced new syllabus embedded with modern and futuristic approach along with the addition of under mentioned value education aspects to help youth to become responsible citizens and effective members of the society: i. First Aid ii. Road Safety iii. Grooming of Students In addition to it, CPEIs have also inducted young, motivated and energetic faculty for imparting modern education to the students. At present, there are 1328 faculty members and 775 support staff working in different Cantt Public Education Institutes (CPEIs) all across the country. The summary regarding Cantt Public Schools and Colleges is given below: Institution Boys Girls Total PG Colleges - 2 2 Degree Colleges 1 2 3 Inter Colleges 1 1 2 School & Inter Colleges 2 19 21 High Schools 1 12 13 Primary 20 20 Women Skills Dev Institutes - 3 3 Total 5 59 64 Table 1 - Cantt Public Educational Institutes (CPEIs) 6 To promote technical education and women skill development, ML&C Deptt has also decided to establish Women Skill Development Institutes (WSDI) in each region of ML&C Deptt. 03 of them i.e. CBs Abbottabad, Hyderabad and Bahawalpur are fully operational while work on remaining i.e. 03 is under process. Vocational courses related to Cooking, Tailoring, Dress Designing etc are being offered in Cantt Women Skill Development Institutes. Figure 2 - Cantt Public Educational Institutes (CPEIs) 7 Figure 3 - Women Skill Development Institute (WSDIs) ii. Upgradation of Facilities at Cantonment General Hospitals and Dispensaries Healthcare system of ML&C Dept comprises of Cantt. General Hospitals (CGH) & Dispensaries. Presently, 15 Cantonment General Hospitals and 57 Dispensaries are functional in different Cantonments all over the country. Healthcare services have been provided through these facilities to employees, their dependants and the general public residing in cantonments. These services include pharmacies, emergency, diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, OPD, IPD, rehabilitation, family welfare & planning, expanded program for Immunization & polio vaccination. Following category of employees and the general public are entitled for ML&C healthcare facilities: - Entitlement for ML&C Healthcare Facilities 1 Ministry of Defence Employees and their 2 ML&C Deptt Dependants 3 Cantonment Boards 4 General Public Cantt Residents Table 3 - Entitlement ML&C healthcare facilities 8 Since 2017-18, ML&C Deptt has been working on revamping and upgradation of existing healthcare facilities along with establishment of 03 new Cantt Medical and Dental Colleges at Lahore, Peshawar and Rawalpindi. Three Cantonment General Hospitals i.e. CGHs Rawalpindi, Lahore & Peshawar were upgraded from 100 Beds to 500 Bedded Hospitals. Upgradation of CGH Rawalpindi includes establishment of major facilities of state-of-the-art Laboratory, Radiology, Dental Deptt, , Hygienic Laundry, Boiler, Modular OTs & hospital waste Incinerator. Contraction of buildings & procurement of Medical & College equipment / items of CGH Peshawar & Lahore are also in progress. Upgradation of CGH Nowshera from 20 beds to 100 Bedded Hospital is also underway. 20 bedded Gynae Cantonment General Hospital has been established in Clifton Cantonment Board, Karachi during the FY 2018-19. 07 new dispensaries have also been established in Cantonment Boards - three in Chaklala, and one each in Abbottabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Bahawalpur. Summary regarding revamping and upgradation of healthcare facilities is given below: Status Healthcare Upgraded Established Total Under Facility Functional (2018-19) (2018-19) Progress CGH 15 14 1 4 1 Dispensaries 57 50 7 9 7 Table 4 - Summary Healthcare Facilities 9 Figure 4 - CGH Rawalpindi 10 Figure 5 - Facilities at CGH Rwp Figure 6 - Facilities at CBC Elaj iii. Cantonment Servants Recruitment & Promotion Policy 2019 An organization can deliver only when its manpower is fully motivated and dedicated towards its defined goals. All humans are equal; however,