3.2 Administration 3.2.1 Personnel Management 3.2.2 (a) Deputation from His Majesty’s Government: As per the provisions of the Human Rights Commission Act (1997) and until the Commission can manage its own staff, the government can depute some of its staff to the Commission. As of now, the government has deputed from its various branches a total of six staff to the Commission. They are Under Secretary-1 Section Officer-3, Accountant-1 and Computer Operator-1. (b) Recruitment on a Temporary Basis: The Commission has recruited some urgently required officers and assistant staff on its own budget and on a temporary basis. Those recruited on a temporary basis are officer Third-7, Assistant-3 and classless -5. (c) Proposed Personnel Management: In order to make the Commission institutionally strong, the task force formed by the government had suggested a total of 78 personnel for the Commission. As of the present, taking into account its work load and resources, the Commission has proposed to the concerned bodies of the government a total of 46 urgently required personnel. Financial Administration As per the Human Rights Commission Act (1997), the budget provided by the government to the Commission is provided in the form of a grant. However, the amount of Rs. 5,00,000 allocated for the fiscal year 2000/2001 was not in the form of a grant, but was provided to the Commission under the heading decided upon by the Finance Ministry. This hindered the autonomy of the Commission. Also, as the amount was insufficient for salaries and for office management, an additional amount of Rs. 664,000 had to be provided. The lack of finances meant that the Commission could not carry out other promotional programs. Following the formation of the Commission, an amount of Rs. 1,300,000 was provided by the government for the last two months of the fiscal year 1999/2000 in two installments. As the Commission received the second installment only in the final week of 1999/2000, it could not spend the entire amount, although the Commission was in need of the money. An account was opened at the Himalayan Bank in the name of the Commission and the unspent amount of Rs. 584,416.44 was deposited therein, given that the money received by the Commission is in the form of a grant as stipulated by Article 15 (1) of the Human Rights Commission Act (1997). But when the government released the money for the fiscal year 2000/2001, it only released an amount of Rs. 4,415,583.36, subtracting the amount saved in the bank by the Commission. As the government added the saving of the previous year to the budget of 2000/2001 to make the amount to Rs. 5,000,000 as required, the Commission also has not shown the saving for the year but has included the amount in the fiscal year 200/2001. As the budget for 2000/2001 was insufficient for running the office and for the salaries of the Chairperson, Member and the 19 staff whose salaries have to be paid by the Commission, the Commission had to ask for an additional amount of Rs. 644,000. The total amount of Rs. 5,664,000 was spent under different headings as follows: Salary- Rs. 2,394,000 (allocated