Government Resolution on accelerating disbursement of public investment capital plan 2016

Resolution 60/NQ-CP on key tasks and solutions to accelerate the implementation and disbursement of the 2016 public investment capital plan has just been issued by the Government.

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The Resolution stated that economic growth in the first 6 months of 2016 only reached 5.52%, although higher than the same period in 2012 - 2014 but lower than the same period in 2015 and the planned target of 6.7% for the whole year of 2016, including the slow progress in implementing the public investment capital plan, complicated investment and construction procedures; documents guiding the Law and Decree on investment are still inadequate; site clearance and allocation of counterpart funds for projects have not met requirements; coordination and direction in some ministries, branches and localities are not resolute and still have many shortcomings; investment capital payment records are still cumbersome, leading to the progress of disbursement of investment capital from the state budget only reaching more than 30% of the annual plan.

Improve the efficiency of public investment capital use

To promptly overcome the above limitations, strive to disburse 100% of the 2016 public investment capital plan and improve the efficiency of capital use, the Government requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, Level I budget units, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to urgently review and complete the legal framework, ensure the consistency and synchronization of the legal system, promptly remove and remove barriers, difficulties and obstacles and create favorable conditions to accelerate the disbursement progress and improve the efficiency of public investment projects.

Specifically, the Ministry of Justice shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministries of Planning and Investment, Construction, Finance and relevant ministries and agencies to review and recommend competent authorities to supplement or abolish regulations contrary to legal provisions on public investment, construction, state budget (NSNN) and related legal documents. At the same time, review the Laws: Public Investment, State Budget, Construction and related Laws to propose amendments and supplements to regulations on investment management, construction, public investment, State budget and related legal documents in the direction of simplifying administrative procedures, promoting decentralization, converting management methods from pre-control to post-control, reporting to the Government in the third quarter of 2016. The Ministry of Finance continues to review and amend guiding documents on expenditure control and disbursement of investment plans of State budget capital and Government bond capital in the direction of simplifying procedures and in accordance with legal provisions, reporting to the Prime Minister in the third quarter of 2016. The Ministry of Construction continues to simplify procedures for appraisal and approval of construction investment projects; Approve construction drawing designs, total estimates, implement strong decentralization and review, promptly resolve barriers, difficulties, and problems in project appraisal and management, report to the Prime Minister on issues beyond authority...

Speed ​​up the progress of national target programs

To speed up the progress of establishing, appraising and approving investment decisions for the national target program on new rural construction, the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction and target programs for the period 2016 - 2020, the Government requests that the Ministries that are the Program Owners within 15 days from the date the Government approves the investment policy for the target programs, establish the Program and organize appraisal, submit to the Prime Minister; within 15 days from the date of receiving appraisal opinions from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, complete the target program, the Feasibility Study Report of the national target program and related documents, and send them to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The Ministry of Planning and Investment, before July 15, 2016, complete the appraisal of the Feasibility Study Report of the national target programs, and send it to the Program Owners; Within 15 days from the date of receipt of the draft Target Program, appraise and notify appraisal opinions for the Program Owner to complete the Program; within 5 days from the date of receipt of the Target Program, the complete Feasibility Study Report of the National Target Program of the Program Owner, submit to the Prime Minister for decision.

Regarding the detailed assignment and implementation of the 2016 plan for national target programs, projects supported under Decree No. 210/2013/ND-CP dated December 19, 2013 of the Government on policies to encourage enterprises to invest in agriculture, rural areas and programs and projects using government bond capital (including: the program to solidify kindergarten classrooms in District 30a, traffic projects using remaining capital from projects to renovate and upgrade National Highway 1A and Ho Chi Minh Road through the Central Highlands) and projects that have not been assigned capital plans for 2016, the Government requests localities to assign detailed investment capital plans for 2016 for projects under the 2 National Target Programs according to the approved objectives and tasks in the 2011-2015 period to continue implementing in the 2016-2020 period. New tasks Capital allocated from 2017.

The Ministry of Finance shall, within 5 days of receiving the document from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, provide comments on the appraisal of capital sources and the ability to balance capital for public investment projects. The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall, within 3 days of receiving the document from the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries and branches, complete the appraisal of capital sources and the ability to balance capital for public investment projects according to regulations. Particularly for investment projects under national target programs of localities that have sent documents appraising capital sources and the ability to balance capital, complete the appraisal of capital sources and the ability to balance capital before July 20, 2016. No later than July 15, 2016, submit to the Prime Minister the adjustment of the Government bond capital plan for the period 2012 - 2015 and the period 2014 - 2016.

The Government assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to report to the Prime Minister before July 20, 2016 to amend the principles and criteria for capital allocation of the National Target Program on New Rural Development, ensuring concentrated capital allocation, overcoming scattered investment, resolving outstanding debts in basic construction and promoting the investment efficiency of the project, not allowing additional outstanding debts in basic construction for new rural areas to arise.

The Ministry of Education and Training shall, before July 15, 2016, guide localities to complete the review of projects under the Program to solidify preschool schools and classrooms in districts 30a using reserve government bond capital for the period 2012 - 2015.

The Government assigns ministries, branches and localities to complete the notification and detailed assignment of all capital for the 2016 public investment plan assigned by the Prime Minister before July 15, 2016; for projects under the national target program, complete the detailed assignment of the 2016 plan before July 31, 2016. Before July 31, 2016, complete investment procedures for projects under the national target programs, projects supported under Decree No. 210/2013/ND-CP, the Program for solidifying preschool classrooms in districts 30a, and report to the competent authority to assign the 2016 plan.

Ministries, sectors and localities are allowed to allocate capital for the 2016 plan for projects under national target programs, projects supported under Decree No. 210/2013/ND-CP, the program to solidify kindergarten classrooms in District 30a, and transportation projects using remaining capital from projects to renovate and upgrade National Highway 1A and Ho Chi Minh Road through the Central Highlands to complete investment procedures by August 31, 2016. In addition to the above projects, the Prime Minister decided to allocate capital for the 2016 plan for a number of projects approved for investment decisions after March 31, 2016.

In addition, ministries, branches and localities are allowed to carry out the procedures for establishing, appraising and deciding on investment policies according to the simplified process prescribed in Article 13 of Decree No. 136/2015/ND-CP on guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Public Investment for Group C projects with a total investment of less than VND 5 billion under National Target Programs, projects supported under Decree No. 210/2013/ND-CP and projects of the Preschool School Reinforcement Program.

Speed ​​up disbursement progress, improve efficiency of public investment capital use in 2016

The Government requests ministries, branches and localities to direct investors to speed up compensation, site clearance, bidding, proactively remove difficulties and obstacles, ensure construction progress; urgently complete documents, make immediate payments to the State Treasury when there is a volume of acceptance, do not let payment accumulate at the end of the year. In particular, note: For projects that have been completed and put into use, promptly approve the final settlement, disburse all capital to contractors. For projects that are about to be completed, it is necessary to speed up progress, complete legal procedures, accept completed volume to be eligible for payment to contractors. For newly started projects, it is necessary to urgently complete design documents, approve and organize contractor selection to soon construct the project.

Ministries, sectors and localities shall direct investors and project management boards to resolutely handle contractors who do not meet requirements and violate the terms of signed contracts in accordance with the law, and resolutely eliminate incompetent contractors who have violated the law. Proactively review and propose competent authorities to transfer the 2016 capital plan of projects with slow implementation and disbursement to other projects. Review the situation and progress of disbursement plans for programs and projects using ODA capital and preferential loans from foreign donors. For ministries, sectors and localities that have disbursed more than 80% of the assigned foreign capital plan, if there is a need to supplement the foreign capital plan, promptly send a document to the Ministries of Planning and Investment and Finance for synthesis and reporting to the Prime Minister for submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee for decision.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment monitors and reviews the situation and progress of disbursement of public investment capital plans of central and local ministries, branches. By September 30, 2016, in case ministries, branches and localities disburse less than 50% of the capital plan for 2016, propose the Prime Minister to report to the competent authority to adjust the public investment capital plan for 2016 among central and local ministries, branches. At the same time, closely monitor the progress of disbursement of programs and projects using ODA capital and preferential loans from foreign donors. Authorized by the Prime Minister, submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee for permission for the Prime Minister to adjust the foreign capital plan for 2016 among central and local ministries, branches within the total amount of VND 50,000 billion approved by the National Assembly. The Government will synthesize and report to the National Assembly Standing Committee on the adjustment of the foreign capital plan for 2016 in the second quarter of 2017 based on actual disbursement data of central and local ministries, branches.

The Ministry of Finance directs the State Treasury to pay for projects when conditions for disbursement are met within 4 working days; closely coordinate with investors to handle arising problems, shortening the time for controlling expenditures.

Do not arrange capital plan for 2017 if by September 30, 2016 disbursement is less than 30%

The Government assigned the Ministry of Finance to report to the Prime Minister and send to the Ministry of Planning and Investment the disbursement situation of the government bond capital plan for the years 2012 - 2015 and the central budget capital plan for 2015 of each project assigned by the Prime Minister before July 15, 2016.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment, based on the disbursement report of the Ministry of Finance, shall notify central and local ministries, branches and localities of the list of projects with extended implementation time and disbursement plan from 2015 to 2016 before July 20, 2016. Take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to carefully review projects that have had their implementation time extended from the previous year to the following year but by December 31, 2016, the entire amount of this extended capital has not been fully disbursed. If there is no specific objective reason, resolutely cut down the amount of capital that has not been fully disbursed to transfer, supplement payment of outstanding debts for basic construction and recover advanced capital that has no source for recovery.

In addition, based on the results of implementation and disbursement in the first months of the year and the estimated implementation for the whole year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment will review and submit to the Prime Minister a report to the National Assembly on the planned capital level for 2017 that is close to the implementation and disbursement capacity of each ministry, central and local sector. For projects that have disbursed less than 30% of the 2016 capital plan by September 30, 2016, the 2017 plan will be resolutely not arranged to focus on implementing all the planned capital for 2016, extending the implementation period to 2017.

Strengthening inspection, supervision and implementation of public investment capital plans

To strengthen discipline and order; improve the responsibility of civil servants and public ethics; strengthen coordination in monitoring, checking, inspecting and implementing the public investment capital plan, the Government requires central and local ministries, branches to proactively organize inspections and supervision of the implementation of the public investment capital plan. Resolutely and promptly handle organizations, individuals, leaders, cadres and civil servants who violate and intentionally obstruct, cause difficulties and delay the progress of implementation and disbursement of the public investment capital plan. Timely replace weak cadres and civil servants or those who are corrupt and negative in managing public investment capital and bidding. Periodically, before the 25th of each month, report on the implementation and disbursement of the 2016 public investment capital plan to the Ministries of Planning and Investment, Finance and the Government Office.

Inspection and examination agencies shall strengthen the inspection and examination of the implementation of public investment plans, ensuring the right purpose, efficiency, economy, anti-waste and compliance with legal regulations. Clarify the responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals causing delays in the detailed allocation of capital to grassroots units. Promptly recommend competent authorities to strictly handle cases of law violations in the management and use of public investment capital according to regulations.

According to Chinhphu.vn