Nghe An: Continue to suspend the benefits of 569 invalids who are not eligible

That is one of the contents in Plan 507/KH-UBND issued by Nghe An Provincial People's Committee on July 27, 2018 on implementing the conclusions of the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, on establishing war invalid records according to Joint Circular No. 16/1998 in Nghe An.

Accordingly, in order to promptly and seriously implement the contents of the inspection conclusions of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the People's Committee of Nghe An province has issued a plan requiring: Seriously and effectively implementing the contents of the conclusions and recommendations of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs on establishing records and implementing preferential regimes for people with revolutionary contributions to ensure social justice and strengthen people's trust;

Implement the suspension of war invalids' allowances and recover the wrongly received money from the beneficiaries with the synchronous and drastic participation of Party committees, authorities, and socio-political organizations at all levels; do a good job of propaganda, actively prevent bad guys from taking advantage to negatively impact the beneficiaries and their families, affecting the security and order situation in the locality...

It is recommended to effectively carry out propaganda and mobilization work to make the subjects and their families aware of the violations that the Inspection Team has handled, and at the same time stop the subsidies and collect the full amount of benefits received in violation of regulations into the state budget.

Complaint against fake war invalids ring sent to Nghe An authorities. Photo: Duc Dung

The Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs announced the temporary suspension of benefits for 569 cases according to the recommendation of the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs in Official Dispatch No. 2259/TTr-NCC from August 1, 2018. After 60 working days, from the date the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued Official Dispatch No. 2259 or the military agency revoked the certificate of injury, decided to issue the certificate of injury and disability benefits, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued a decision to suspend the preferential benefits for war invalids for the above 569 cases.

The Provincial Military Command shall notify each subject of any file violations in writing. If necessary, it shall organize a direct dialogue with the subject to clearly explain the file violations.

Conduct procedures to revoke injury certificates for 569 cases identified as having made false declarations, forged documents or not being listed in the list of injured soldiers (original) kept at the unit according to Conclusion No. 2877/KL-TTr dated August 3, 2016 and Official Dispatch No. 2259/TTr-NCC dated June 8, 2018 of the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Conduct a review and classification of beneficiaries of the wrongly received preferential allowance for war invalids according to the conclusion of the Inspection Team, including: those who currently have the conditions and ability to recover the wrongly received amount; those who have passed away; those with serious illnesses; and those from poor households facing difficulties in life.

Based on the classification, direct the competent authorities to recover the amount of money received incorrectly according to the request of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; promptly handle complaints from the subjects (if any).

The plan also proposes to continue implementing and having positive and synchronous solutions in recovering the amount of money wrongly received for war invalids from 834 subjects that the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has concluded (conclusion No. 178/KL-TTr: 196 subjects; conclusion No. 2877/KL-TTr: 634 subjects; Official Dispatch 909: 4 subjects), and pay it to the state budget according to the provisions of law. There are measures and forms of handling for subjects who do not return the amount of money they have wrongly received to the state budget according to the provisions of law. According to the summary data issued with plan 507/KH-UBND dated July 27, 2018, to date, the amount of money collected from these subjects is over 1.3 billion VND, the amount that must continue to be collected is over 118 billion VND.

Request the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, the Military Command, the Provincial Police, the People's Committees of districts, cities, towns, socio-political organizations and relevant units to coordinate to effectively implement the contents of the above-mentioned plan, report the implementation results to the Provincial People's Committee (through the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs) before August 25, 2018 for synthesis and reporting to the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.

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