Employees of PAM’s sector ‘exerting’ efforts to improve automated system
MEW first among public institutions with 24pc of total non-oil revenues
KUWAIT CITY, July 5: Deputy Director General of Manpower Protection Sector at Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Abdullah Al-Mutawah affirmed that the employees of the sector, with the cooperation of other sectors of the authority are exerting efforts for improving the automated system and administration procedures in order to reduce bureaucracy and provide better services to the visitors to the authority particularly the Manpower Protection Sector.
In a press statement issued on Wednesday, he disclosed about the reduction of the period for filing an absconding report with Ministry of Interior from 90 days to 60 days from the date of its submission to the Occupational Relations Department along with update of procedures during this period to ensure the report is not malicious or unjust.
Al-Mutawah said the procedures for improving the absconding reports submitted to the Occupational Relations Department aim at curbing malicious reports and reports that are not serious.
He revealed that the number of absconding reports since the beginning of this year reached 4,500, and about 684 absconding reports have been dealt with during this period.
Al-Mutawah highlighted the electronic services provided by the Occupational Relations Department through electronic portal “Ashal” to companies that are subscribed to the Ashal service, revealing that they include inquiries about the results of the complaints, registration of complaints and information about registration of complaints against a company through SMS.
Meanwhile, six public institutions have submitted documents showing that 87 percent of the total non-oil revenues amounting to KD 1.7 billion will be collected during the current fiscal year, reports Al-Rai daily.
The documents revealed the non-oil revenues constitute 12 percent of the State budget and this is eight percent more than the previous budgets.
The Ministry of Electricity and Water comes first among the public institutions with KD 419.7 million or 24 percent of the total non-oil revenues, followed by Customs General Administration with KD 356 million or 20 percent, Ministry of Finance with KD 293.6 million (17 percent), Ministry of Health with KD 184.2 million (10 percent), Ministry of Interior with KD 159.8 million (nine percent), and Ministry of Communication with KD 127.8 million (seven percent).
According to the official documents, the expected revenues are in the form of taxes and fees which increased by 11 percent compared to the preceding year during which the revenues were KD 494.8 million while the projected was KD 551 million.