Agreed to submit to Nghe An Provincial People's Council 7 draft Resolutions on land use conversion and public investment

On the morning of August 31, the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council held a meeting to review draft Resolutions expected to be submitted to the thematic session of the Provincial People's Council in September 2023.

At the meeting, members listened to and commented on the Draft Resolution approving the list of projects and works requiring land acquisition in Clause 3, Article 62 of the Land Law in the province; Draft Resolution on converting the purpose of using rice-growing land, protective forest land, and special-use forest land to implement investment projects in the province.

Draft Resolution on changing the purpose of forest land use to other purposes to implement projects in the province; Draft Resolution on investment policy, adjusting investment policy of some public investment projects.

The meeting also listened to and commented on the draft Resolution on the plan to allocate and supplement the development investment capital plan of the Central budget and adjust the capital plan for the 2021-2025 period to implement the National Target Program on new rural construction.

Draft Resolution on allocating reserve capital and adjusting the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2025 from local budget sources; Draft Resolution on extending the implementation period and disbursement of the 2022 public investment plan to 2023 from local budget sources.

The meeting participants requested the drafting agencies to clarify the legal basis for the list of projects requiring land acquisition; study and amend the names of some draft Resolutions and methods for allocating additional capital for projects in the National Target Program on New Rural Development, avoiding fragmented and small-scale investment.

On the other hand, members also requested clarification of technical factors in the draft Resolutions; further assessment of the impact after the adjustment of public investment capital reduction; feasibility in implementing the Resolution; disbursement progress of projects when capital is allocated. Leaders of departments, branches and sectors have received and explained the opinions of members attending the meeting.

Speaking at the review meeting, Head of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council Cao Tien Trung requested that the agencies drafting the draft Resolutions receive opinions from the meeting members for research and supplementation, ensuring a full legal basis, strictness in the format of the documents and ensuring conditions for the Resolutions to be easily implemented in practice when issued.

The Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council agrees with the proposals submitted by the drafting agencies and proposes to review capital sources for effective allocation and use; synthesizes new public investment projects and capital adjustment projects to develop a suitable draft Resolution.