The Finance Branch is responsible for managing the funding allocation appropriated to it by the Government through its yearly budget process. The Government Accounting System operates on a cash basis meaning that revenue or payments are receipted at the time of receipt or recorded at the time of payment.

The branches objectives are to:

Ensure that all financial activities of the Department are in compliance with the Financial Management Act of 1995;
Prepare and assist in the submission of the Department’s;
Analyse, review and forecast department expenditure and revenues;
Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reports for the Department and the Treasury Department;
Prepare and submission of funding requests through Secretary’s Advances;
Collect and raise revenue receipts; and
Maintain asset and Loss register for the Department.

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About Us

The Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL) is the lead government agency responsible for the management of the agriculture sector in Papua New Guinea. Its mandate is to provide policy advice and technical and administrative support for optimal performance of the sector. These include; - contributing strategic leadership and direction to the sector, - coordinating and monitoring national agricultural development programs, - providing advice that leads to an environment that facilitates investment and supports new initiatives, - facilitating and supporting effective partnerships between stakeholders, and - enhancing systems and delivery mechanisms for capacity building (extension, training, information)