Nghe An: 140 commune-level government offices receive support for upgrading

(Baonghean.vn) - Voters' recommendation: Currently, some commune People's Committee headquarters have degraded and are cramped, affecting the operation of the government apparatus. We suggest that the province and districts consider prioritizing capital sources to support communes that have not yet built working headquarters....

Reply:

With the goal of gradually modernizing, meeting the requirements of administrative reform, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state management at the grassroots level, it is necessary to strive to modernize the system of working headquarters of commune-level governments.

The headquarters of the People's Committee of Nam Linh and Nam Dan communes was invested in and built spaciously.

In recent times, with the attention of authorities at all levels, especially with support from the Central Government, the system of communal offices has been gradually invested in, creating conditions for some communes to ensure working conditions for officials, meeting the requirements of handling work in the direction of administrative reform more favorable for people and businesses.

However, due to the huge investment demand for communal government offices, the province has invested in communal government offices by combining many capital sources (Government programs, provincial budget support, integration from the new rural program, district budget, communal budget and mobilizing other legal sources).

Green, clean and beautiful campus at the headquarters of Nghi My Commune People's Committee, Nghi Loc

This is a great effort in the context of public investment capital, especially investment capital for commune headquarters, facing many difficulties. Every year, the Central Government provides very little support, an average of only about 4-6 billion VND/year; the investment level is still too low compared to the requirements, there are still many degraded offices that have not been invested in promptly, affecting the operation of the commune-level government apparatus.

The headquarters of the People's Committee of Van Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) is degraded, a row of houses over 30 m3 wide is divided into 5 rooms for working, illustration photo (Van Truong)

Termite-infested, makeshift windows of the Van Thanh Commune People's Committee headquarters.

Pursuant to the Law on Public Investment, Resolution 1023/NQ-UBTVQH13 dated August 28, 2015 of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Decree No. 77/2015/ND-CP dated September 10, 2015 of the Government on medium-term and annual public investment plans, Decision No. 40/2015/QD-TTg dated September 14, 2015 of the Prime Minister, No. 63/2015/QD-UBND dated October 30, 2015 of the Provincial People's Committee on principles, criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital from the State budget for the period 2016-2020, from 2016, the local budget balance source (excluding revenue from granting land use rights) will be allocated to districts, cities and towns so that localities can plan allocation plans to ensure compliance with the prescribed principles and criteria, in which commune headquarters are the subjects using the source. this capital

In the coming time, it is recommended that the District People's Committee continue to prioritize and mobilize capital sources, integrate investment capital sources to invest in the construction and completion of the commune headquarters system; at the same time, review and include it in the 2016-2020 medium-term public investment plan for investment.

PV(TH)