Do not include non-poor households in the list of beneficiaries of preferential treatment.

(Baonghean.vn) - That is the direction of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee in Official Dispatch No. 7116 on strengthening leadership and direction in implementing poverty reduction targets in 2017.

Accordingly, to ensure the completion of socio-economic development goals and targets in 2017 and strive to complete the poverty reduction target of 2-3% of the whole province, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested districts, cities and towns to strengthen the review of poverty reduction targets of localities in 2017; strive to complete and exceed the set poverty reduction targets and targets.

Representatives of Nghe An Newspaper and leaders of Xieng My commune (Tuong Duong) gave cows to poor households in Dinh Tai village. Photo courtesy

The review process must be carried out from the hamlet, village, and block levels and directly with households, following the correct procedures and methods, ensuring accuracy according to the principles of publicity, fairness, democracy, and people's participation; there must be no favoritism, no sloppiness, no fear of conflict, and absolutely no inclusion of non-poor households or households that have escaped poverty in the list of poor households to enjoy preferential treatment from the state.

According to Plan No. 528 of the Provincial People's Committee on "Reviewing poor and near-poor households in Nghe An province according to multidimensional poverty standards applied for the period 2016-2020", the program to review poor households was implemented from October 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017 in the whole province.

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