An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 53
53 5. Majlis-e- ‘ Amila doesn’t have the authority to put the expenses relating to one head of account to another without informing the Markaz. 6. Majlis-e-‘ A mila doesn’t have the right to increase the overall budget on its own. TRANSFER OF BUDGET FROM ONE HEAD OF ACCOUNT TO ANOTHER Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV at ’s Instructions about Budget Amendments. "There are two points which the Jam a ‘at should remember well in this regard. Majlis-e-‘ A mila has the authority—but not an individual—to transfer funds from one head to another within the budget, but it does not have the authority to put the expense relating to one head of account to another without informing the Markaz. This is dishonesty and could open the door to further irregularities. If the provision for Travel is exhausted, it should be increased. It is not right to put the Travel bills into another head of account. This is something which is done quietly: instead of calling Majlis-e-‘ A mila and deciding the provisions for Travel should be increased from One lakh to five lakh, and the extra four lack will be transferred to this head of account from such and such heads, which is the right way, but what is done is that the provisions for travel remains at one lack but Travel expenditure is diverted to other heads. I have cited the Travel expenditure only as an illustration…. " EVEN MAJLIS-E-‘ A MILA DOESN’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO INCREASE OVERALL BUDGET "…One authority which even the Majlis-e-‘ A mila does not have is to increase the overall budget on its own. For instance, if the overall Budget is one million