How the parliament and the state connect
Government Structure
The registries become a twin when they connect. This page draws the spines that link the chamber to the apparatus: the executive line, every ministry tied to the member who runs it and the committee that scrutinises it, and the organisation tree, every body tied to its parent. Each link is built from declared portfolios, committee names, and parent references, never from name guessing, so a missing link is preferred to a wrong one.
The accountability loop
Each ministry with the member who runs it and the standing committee meant to scrutinise it. Names link to the member's seat; ministries and committees link to their register entries.
Run by non-MP advisers
Headed by appointed advisers of ministerial rank who do not hold an elected seat, a feature of the current cabinet.
Cross-government financial scrutiny
Committees that audit spending and assurances across every ministry, not a single portfolio. The Public Accounts Committee is the apex audit watchdog.
Examines estimates of expenditure voted by the Sangsad throughout the financial year; suggests forms in which estimates shall be presented; reports on what economies, improvements in organisation, efficiency or administrative reform can be effected consistent with the policy underlying the estimates; and suggests alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration
Examines whether assurances, promises, and undertakings given by ministers on the floor of the Jatiya Sangsad have been implemented within a reasonable time, and reports to the House on the extent of compliance or non-compliance
Examine the reports and accounts of public undertakings listed in Schedule IV of the Rules of Procedure; examine CAG reports on those undertakings; assess whether the affairs of public undertakings are being managed in accordance with sound business principles and prudent commercial practices; report to Parliament on irregularities and lapses; and identify gaps between public-undertaking operations and prevailing government policies (Rules of Procedure Rule 238)
Scrutinises annual financial accounts and appropriations to verify that public funds approved by Parliament were expended for their intended purposes and in accordance with applicable law
The organisation tree
219 bodies resolved to a parent across 63 parent organisations. Each parent is shown with the bodies that report to it.
Method and sources
The accountability loop joins the MP Watch and Gov Bodies Watch trackers. A ministry is tied to a member only when that member's declared cabinet portfolio names the ministry, or when the ministry's recorded head matches a member on at least two distinct name tokens (so the prime minister holding a portfolio is captured while common surnames alone are not). 36 of the 40 ministries resolve to a sitting member; the remaining 4 are headed by non-MP advisers and are shown separately rather than forced onto a member. Oversight is drawn from the standing committee whose name matches a ministry; 16 ministries have one constituted in the 13th parliament, and committee chairs are shown only where recorded. The organisation tree uses each body's recorded parent reference, drawn only where the parent resolves to another tracked body (219 references resolve). Links that could not be verified are left undrawn. See Jatiya Sangsad and Machinery of Government for the two registries this connects.