## Budget Documentation and Transparency for Selected Indian States

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**Canonical URL:** [Budget Documentation and Transparency for Selected Indian States](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2023/fbtecpsa23-20)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 23.20
- Location: Chennai, India
- Dates: June 14-16, 2023 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English

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### Qualifications and target audience
- Priority will be given to officials currently engaged in macro fiscal planning and forecasting, expenditure and revenue policy, and budget formulation.
- Participants should possess good English language-writing skills.
- Target Audience: Mid- to senior-level officials from state finance departments.
- The workshop will be most useful to officials with some decision-making authority and who are responsible for writing and/or overseeing sections of state budget documents and budget communications.

### Course description
- Modern public financial management practices stress the importance of transparency, accountability, and credibility in budgeting to promote government objectives.
- The budget is both a policy tool and a critical entryway for understanding the budget.
- The workshop will provide officials with the principles needed to strengthen budget transparency and documentation.
- The workshop covers a broad range of budget documentation that promote budget transparency.
- Participants will identify their key budget documents.
- Best practices on documentation will be covered, with participants identifying mechanisms to enhance budget transparency through improved documentation.
- Reforms are underway to improve budget documents in states, including Tamil Nadu, and will be highlighted at the workshop.
- Sessions will cover key budget documents and what information is important.
- A session on enhancing the effectiveness of existing documents will allow participants to evaluate one of their current documents.
- The requirements and benefits of a good transparency portal will also be covered.

### Course objectives
- to provide participants with an understanding of key budget documents
- enable participants to promote the budget through clear, concise budget documents that are easy to find and understand

### Learning outcomes — on completion participants should be able to
- Understand the principles of clear budget documentation
- Identify core budget policy elements and themes to build into narrative
- Assess target audiences and draft documents with these audiences in mind
- Improve the clarity and reduce the density of budget documents
- Write more clearly, without jargon, and with adequate explanation of technical terminology for a non-specialist audience
- Understand the benefits of establishing a transparency portal to provide easy access to budget and other fiscal documents

### Additional note
- IMF offers online training to government officials and the public. Click Learn more to find our current offerings.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2023/fbtecpsa23-20_