Stick to the plan, closely direct, speed up disbursement of public investment capital in Nghe An
Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An requested units and investors to closely follow the plan, properly implement commitments, focus on resolving difficulties and problems, and more closely direct project management boards and contractors, and absolutely not disburse public investment capital below 95%.
On the morning of October 23, the Provincial People's Committee held a working session with units and investors with large remaining undisbursed capital and low disbursement rate of public investment capital in 2024. Comrade Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting.
Attending the meeting were Directors, Heads of departments, branches and leaders of units and investors with large remaining undisbursed capital and low disbursement rate of public investment capital in 2024.
20 units and investors disbursed 2,050 billion VND slowly
According to the Department of Planning and Investment, the province's total concentrated public investment capital plan in 2024 is more than VND5,471 billion. As of October 20, this capital source has disbursed more than VND2,852 billion, reaching 51.13%, 48.97% higher than the same period. The remaining undisbursed capital is more than VND2,619 billion.
The whole province currently has 16 units disbursing below the average level of the province with undisbursed capital of over 20 billion VND; 4 units disbursing above the average level of the province but have undisbursed capital of over 45 billion VND.
The capital plan for implementation in 2024 of these 20 agencies and units is more than 3,843 billion VND with 669 projects, accounting for 70.24% of the province's total plan. As of October 20, these units have only disbursed more than 1,792 billion VND, reaching 46.65%; more than 2,050 billion VND has not been disbursed, accounting for 78.28% of the total undisbursed capital in the province.
There are 314/671 projects with disbursement rates below the province's average, of which public investment sources are concentrated in 30/74 projects, and the National Target Program source is 284/597 projects.
Among 20 agencies and units, there are 5 agencies and units with disbursement rates below average and the largest amount of remaining undisbursed capital: Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Que Phong, Con Cuong, and the Provincial Project Management Board for Investment in Construction of Civil and Industrial Works.
4 agencies and units disbursed above average but had large remaining undisbursed capital: Quy Chau, Yen Thanh, Department of Transport, Nghe An Oncology Hospital.
11 other slow disbursing agencies and units: Quy Hop, Thai Hoa Town, Hung Nguyen, Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Nghe An Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bac Nghe An Irrigation One Member Co., Ltd., Bac Nghe An Economic - Technical Vocational College, Provincial Military Command, Provincial Boarding High School for Ethnic Minorities, Department of Culture and Sports.
At the working session, leaders of units and investors reported specifically and in detail on the disbursement of each project; pointed out difficulties and problems and emphasized the determination to disburse public investment capital in the last months of 2024.
The biggest difficulties are the rainy weather and complex terrain affecting construction progress; procedures for converting forest use purposes and environmental impact assessment reports take a long time; materials and labor sources are lacking, costs are high; compensation and site clearance policies are still difficult...
Localities and investors requested sectors to speed up the approval of investment documents; supplement funds for replacement forestation; transfer capital to projects with better disbursement capacity; issue compensation prices for trees and crops...
At the meeting, leaders of departments and branches discussed and answered concerns and problems of localities and investors.
Disbursement must not be less than 95%.
Concluding the meeting, Comrade Bui Thanh An - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the spirit, responsibility and determination of the units and investors in performing the task of disbursing public investment capital. Thanks to that, many difficulties and problems have been promptly resolved. The implementation of the Conclusion of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee at the meeting on May 8, 2024 has been seriously deployed by the branches and levels.
Pointing out the disbursement progress of units and investors, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assessed that the biggest reason for slow disbursement is due to problems in site clearance, paperwork, lack of supply of raw materials and human resources. In particular, there are many projects that have no difficulties, problems, large capital sources but disbursement is concentrated at the end of the year.
Emphasizing that there are only more than 2 months left in 2024, while the undisbursed capital is still very large, not to mention the unfavorable weather conditions, to complete the disbursement target of at least 95% of the capital plan, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An said that this is an extremely difficult task.
Therefore, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested units and investors to make more efforts, be more determined, and implement the "4 rights" according to the direction of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: Correctly perceive the situation, find the right causes, propose the right solutions and focus on implementing them resolutely, in order to complete the right goals.
Besides, properly implement the solutions proposed by the Government, the Prime Minister and the directive documents of the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, and the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
From now until the end of the year, comrade Bui Thanh An requested units and investors to closely follow the plan, properly implement the commitments from the beginning of the year, focus on solving difficulties and problems, and more closely direct the Project Management Boards and contractors, and absolutely not disburse below 95%.
For projects without problems, investors are requested to focus on necessary conditions, closely follow the construction site to speed up construction progress and disburse capital promptly.
For projects that are facing problems with site clearance and procedural documents, assign investors within their scope and functions to promptly complete related documents, ensuring quality; and work directly with departments and branches to resolve problems.
For districts with many projects requiring site clearance, focus on resolving problems, appraising and approving payments as they are carried out to speed up progress.
At the same time, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to review, advise on adjusting and transferring capital for projects with low disbursement or no disbursement capacity within the authority of the Provincial People's Committee. On the other hand, advise on promoting the activities of the Provincial Working Group and 2 Department-level Working Groups to provide maximum support to units and investors.
In the spirit of actively supporting units and investors, the Department of Finance and the Provincial Treasury focus on balancing and ensuring sufficient resources for public investment disbursement; guiding documents and procedures for units to disburse capital in a timely manner. Other departments and branches focus on giving maximum guidance to investors to complete documents and procedures related to public investment disbursement in the direction of cutting 50% of the time.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment actively removes difficulties and obstacles related to new regulations of the 2024 Land Law and related Decrees; prioritizes speeding up the appraisal of measurement records; promptly resolves difficulties related to licensing of mines, stone and sand materials, serving public investment projects to ensure speed, efficiency and compliance with regulations.
Regarding the three national target programs, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An requested three units: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs; Ethnic Minorities Committee to enhance their roles and responsibilities, focus on monitoring, urging, and promptly handling difficulties of the districts; and guide the two districts of Ky Son and Que Phong to adjust capital sources to ensure regulations and deadlines.