Nghe An urgently disburses public investment capital at the end of the year
(Baonghean.vn) - By the end of October 2023, Nghe An's public investment disbursement progress had not yet met expectations; currently, localities are rushing to complete the set targets.
Localities strive to disburse support capital
For about 2 years now, the people of the border commune of Tam Quang (Tuong Duong) have had another quite effective economic development direction, helping poor and near-poor households have the opportunity to quickly eliminate poverty and move towards getting rich, which is labor export. According to Ms. Kha Thi Hien - Chairman of the People's Committee of Tam Quang commune, since the beginning of the year, the commune has had 11 cases of people going abroad to work, in which, many people have sent money home to pay off their debts.
“There are currently 5 labor export applications of poor and near-poor households receiving support from Sub-project 2 under Project 4, National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction. The applications have just completed the procedures, the commune has sent them to the district for approval and disbursement, with a support level of 10 million VND/person. In order for people to benefit from the State's support policy, with strict regulations on documents and procedures, especially the requirements for vocational training certificates, the commune has proactively worked with the labor export company, contacted the competent authority to train and issue vocational certificates in accordance with regulations...”.
In the communes of Ky Son district, among the projects under the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, Sub-project 2 and Sub-project 3 under Project 4 are among the projects that have positive effects in helping poor households find jobs and improve their income through vocational training and labor export.
To disburse public investment capital, local officials have proactively removed obstacles. Mr. Nguyen Hong Lap - Head of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Ky Son district said that for Sub-project 2 to support workers going to work abroad under contracts in 2023, Ky Son district was allocated a capital of more than 1.1 billion VND. As of October 31, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs had received 6 sets of documents for consideration and consultation with the District People's Committee for support. In the whole district, by early November 2023, there were 143 cases of labor export; and 6 cases of documents eligible for financial support under the items of Sub-project 2 had just completed procedures and prepared to disburse support funds.
As for Sub-project 3 on supporting sustainable employment, Ky Son district was allocated nearly 690 million VND, and has currently disbursed 63.60% of the plan, equivalent to nearly 439 million VND. As for Project 5 under the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, the district has currently disbursed 100%, with a total investment of more than 11 billion VND, helping poor households build 255 new houses and repair 42 houses...
According to the Department of Planning and Investment, the disbursement of public investment capital, especially the implementation of the 3 National Target Programs, has been directed and implemented resolutely by the Provincial People's Committee since the beginning of the year. In particular, the Provincial People's Committee has issued many documents to urge, thoroughly grasp, direct the processing of documents, and remove difficulties and obstacles for units and investors.
In September, a department-level working group was established to support investors with slow disbursement. At the same time, investors were required to develop detailed plans and commit to the disbursement progress of each project, especially investors with disbursement rates lower than the average of the whole province to review and report specific progress every 10 days; continue to notify investors of disbursement every 10 days.
Therefore, by November 15, many units and localities had achieved a fairly high disbursement rate such as: Nam Dan (90.56%), Thanh Chuong (76.39%), Do Luong (76.16%), Hoang Mai Town (70.23%), Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital (100%), Phu Quy Irrigation Company Limited (94.65%), Provincial Police (94.45%), Nam Irrigation Company Limited (88.26%), Tan Ky Irrigation Company Limited (83.62%), Provincial Business Bloc Party Committee (78.23%), Provincial Boarding High School for Ethnic Minorities (77.44%), Nghe An Northwest Irrigation Company Limited (75.97%), Department of Transport (73.89%), Southeast Economic Zone Management Board (71.07%),...
Accelerating to achieve 95% disbursement target by year-end
However, during this time, many agencies, units and localities still have disbursement rates below the provincial average. According to disbursement data from the provincial State Treasury, as of October 31, 2023, the total concentrated public investment capital in the province has only disbursed VND 3,678 billion, reaching 51.42%.
Of which, the 2023 public investment plan disbursed VND 2,910,493 billion, reaching 52.12%; the extended capital plan disbursed VND 768,127 billion, reaching 48.93%. Notably, the disbursed capital from the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program was VND 200,438 billion, reaching only 26.8%.
In addition to some agencies and units with a fairly good disbursement rate, there are still 7 agencies and units that have not yet disbursed and 21 agencies and units with a disbursement rate below the average of the province. The 7 agencies include: Department of Health (81.88 billion VND), Vietnam - Germany College (25 billion VND), Provincial Employment Service Center (10.043 billion VND), Yen Thanh District General Hospital (5 billion VND), Provincial Border Guard Command (2 billion VND), Rural Development Department (2 billion VND), Muong Qua High School (1.5 billion VND).
Among the 21 agencies and units with disbursement rates below the provincial average, there are 8 districts, cities and towns (Tuong Duong (19.6%), Que Phong (22.51%), Ky Son (27.62%), Vinh City (30.12%), Quynh Luu (34.44%), Con Cuong (45.29%), Nghia Dan (46.43%), Quy Chau (49.86%) and 13 investor units outside the district.
At the meeting of the Provincial People's Committee in early November, the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee as well as departments and branches determined that there is not much time left from now until the end of 2023, while the remaining public investment capital plan to be disbursed is very large, so it is necessary to urgently speed up the progress.
To continue promoting the disbursement of public investment capital in 2023, the Provincial People's Committee requests departments, branches and sectors; Secretaries and Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, cities and towns as well as directors of project management boards and investors to resolutely direct and focus on synchronous and effective implementation of tasks and solutions to accelerate the disbursement rate, striving to achieve the target of 95% of the public investment plan in 2023 according to Directive No. 08/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister and disburse all capital from the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program according to Resolution No. 43/2022/QH15 of the National Assembly.