Addressing shortcomings in the preparation and allocation of public investment plans.
(Baonghean.vn) - This is one of many tasks recently assigned by the People's Committee of Nghe An province to the Department of Planning and Investment, in coordination with relevant agencies and units, to implement the recommendations of the State Audit Office regarding the 2021 State budget final accounts report.
On September 13, 2023, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Document No. 7668/UBND-KT on rectifying the work of preparing and allocating annual public investment plans using state budget funds, in order to implement the direction of the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Official Letter No. 7276/BKHĐT-TH dated September 5, 2023, regarding the implementation of the State Audit Office's recommendations on the 2021 state budget final accounts report.
The key tasks that the Government and the Ministry of Planning and Investment require agencies, units, and localities to implement include:
Seriously review and rectify the shortcomings in the planning and allocation of state budget capital in 2021, focusing on some basic issues such as: inaccurate registration of public investment capital plan needs in 2021, not aligned with implementation capacity, leading to incomplete or delayed allocation of the plan, allocation to the wrong recipients, and allocation to projects that have exceeded their prescribed deadlines without authorization from competent authorities.
The capital plan was adjusted multiple times, even after November 15, 2021; disbursement was slow, and the allocated budget was not fully disbursed. The detailed allocation for tasks and projects that had not completed investment procedures was not in accordance with the regulations of the Public Investment Law.
Furthermore, the lack of accurate reporting and compilation of advance payment figures, which falls under the responsibility of the central budget, has led to many advance payment projects not being allocated in the capital plan for recovery; and the failure to submit a consolidated report on the situation and figures of the capital plan from retained revenue for investment, but not yet included in the 2021 state budget balance, to the Ministry of Planning and Investment for compilation and reporting to the Government as required, also needs to be promptly rectified, inspected, and addressed.
In addition, sectors and localities should continue to tighten discipline and order, strictly implementing legal regulations in the management and use of public investment capital from the state budget to avoid repeating the shortcomings and limitations mentioned in point 1 above in subsequent years.
Simultaneously, implement solutions to promote the disbursement of public investment capital as directed by the Government and the Prime Minister in resolutions and regular government meetings, Directive No. 08/CT-TTg dated March 23, 2023 on key tasks and solutions to accelerate the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital, the three National Target Programs in 2023, the implementation of the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program, and Telegram No. 749/CĐ-TTg dated August 16, 2023 on accelerating the disbursement of public investment capital in the last months of 2023, striving to achieve over 95% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister.
In Nghe An province, since the beginning of 2023, in order to ensure the disbursement of public investment capital reaches over 95%, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee have issued numerous directives and implemented various measures to support and control agencies, units, and localities in disbursing public investment capital at the highest possible rate and efficiency. Specifically, the Provincial People's Committee established working groups to directly work with localities and units to support, resolve obstacles, and accelerate disbursement progress. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested that units and localities periodically report on the progress and results of public investment disbursement every 10 days, and resolutely handle cases of delayed progress.