The Journal of Modern Research on Administrative Law

The Journal of Modern Research on Administrative Law

Legislative oversight of the budget of state-owned companies in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 University of tehran, faculty of law and political science , MA student of public law
2 Professor. Department of Public Law. Faculty of Law and Political Science. University of Tehran. Tehran. Iran
3 MA. in Public Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti  University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/mral.2023.554907.1323
Abstract
The budgets of state-owned companies account for two-thirds and sometimes three-fourths of the public and annual budget, and this huge amount will not be scrutinized by the parliament and the Court of Audit during the review and approval phase. In other stages, we do not see effective monitoring. Therefore, the article with a descriptive and analytical method seeks to answer the question of how effective legislative oversight of the budget of state-owned companies can be applied and what harms it faces. The research findings confirm the claim that there are various types of a posteriori and a priori parliamentary oversight in different stages of the budget, from intensifying government oversight when preparing companies' budgets to the time of consideration and approval in the parliament and after its implementation. Removal of obstacles and attention to the following will be effective. Issues such as paying serious attention to macro-policies in the field of privatization and reducing the number of state-owned companies as one of the roots, formulating a comprehensive law to structurally reform companies' budgets, changing the classification category and clarifying their financial performance.
Keywords
Subjects

Volume 8, Issue 26
8th year, 26th issue, ّSpring 2026
Winter 2026
Pages 13-38

  • Receive Date 06 June 2022
  • Accept Date 18 January 2023