Urgently complete the plan to collect and pay funds for natural disaster prevention and control

Implementing the Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (NDPC), Decree No. 78/2021/ND-CP dated August 1, 2021 of the Government on the establishment and management of the NDPC fund, Thanh Hoa province has established the Provincial NDPC Fund in Decision No. 214/QD-UBND dated January 18, 2016 of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to mobilize social resources for NDPC work in accordance with the provisions of law.

Urgent construction of the left-hand dike of Lach Truong River (in Hau Loc district). Photo: Van Hung (Thanh Hoa City)

Since its establishment, through the mobilization of social resources, it has created significant, local resources, contributing together with the State budget to promptly support localities and units in the work of preventing, combating and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, contributing to stabilizing production and the lives of people in disaster-affected areas, improving the capacity of prevention, warning and directing and operating natural disaster prevention and combat at all levels.

In 2024, the plan to collect and pay the PCTT fund in Thanh Hoa province was approved by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee in Decision No. 2211/QD-UBND dated May 30, 2024. Accordingly, the total plan to collect and pay the PCTT fund in 2024 to the account of the Provincial Forest Protection, Development and PCTT Fund Management Board is 60.8 billion VND. However, the implementation of the collection and payment of the PCTT fund according to the 2024 plan in localities, units and enterprises is still slow and has not met the assigned plan. As of October 31, 2024, the revenue and payment to the account of the Provincial Forest Protection, Development and Disaster Prevention Fund Management Board was only 10.5 billion VND, reaching 17.34% of the 2024 plan. Specifically: provincial departments, branches, sectors, units, party organizations and mass organizations collected 573.4 million VND, reaching 66.5% of the plan; 8/27 districts and cities (including Thanh Hoa city, districts: Vinh Loc, Trieu Son, Yen Dinh, Quang Xuong, Ngoc Lac, Nhu Xuan, Thuong Xuan) collected 1.48 billion VND, reaching 9.6% of the plan. Armed forces collected 307.4 million VND, reaching 100% of the plan. Enterprises managed by the Provincial Tax Department have only collected and paid 3.9 billion VND, reaching 9.8% of the plan (86/861 enterprises).

This revenue is mainly from some agencies, departments, branches, provincial units, armed forces units and some large enterprises. The reason for the delay in paying the PCTT fund and not meeting the plan is mainly because agencies, units and localities have not really paid attention to and seriously complied with the regulations on fund contributions, especially enterprises managed by the Provincial Tax Department still deliberately delay and avoid the responsibility of contributing to the PCTT fund.

Thung Bang Reservoir (Cam Ngoc Commune, Cam Thuy District) has been repaired to ensure safety for agricultural production. Photo: Van Hung (Thanh Hoa City)

In order to effectively implement the plan to collect and pay the PCTT fund in 2024 in the province, ensuring fairness and timeliness in accordance with the provisions of law, on October 11, 2024, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee issued Document No. 15002/UBND-NN on urging localities, agencies and units to urgently organize the collection and payment of funds in the province in 2024, with the following contents:

Propose that the Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts, towns and cities; Heads of provincial departments, agencies, branches and units; Heads of central agencies located in the province; Heads of enterprises in the province organize propaganda about the purpose, meaning and importance of the PCTT fund to all cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers under their management to know and implement.

Propose that the Thanh Hoa Provincial Tax Department continue to coordinate to support and urge the collection and payment of the PCTT fund for enterprises under its management to the fund management board account. At the same time, direct the district-level tax branches to continue to coordinate to support the collection and payment of the Fund locally, urge enterprises under its management to collect and pay the fund to the district-level account in accordance with the provisions at Point a, Clause 7, Article 15 of Decree No. 78/2021/ND-CP dated August 1, 2021 of the Government and the direction of the Chairman of the Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee in Decision No. 2211/QD-UBND dated May 30, 2024.

Assign the Provincial Forest Protection, Development and Disaster Prevention Fund Management Board to promote propaganda work to raise awareness and responsibility of the whole society in implementing fund contributions in the province; urge, monitor, guide the collection and payment of funds, and answer related questions. Monitor and evaluate the collection and payment of the 2024 PFES fund. Synthesize the collection and payment results of the PFES fund of agencies, units and enterprises, as a basis for proposing competent authorities to consider and sanction administrative violations against organizations and individuals violating fund contributions according to the direction of the Provincial People's Committee Chairman in Decision No. 2211/QD-UBND dated May 30, 2024.

In 2024, the weather and natural disaster situation has been and is having many complicated and unusual developments, so sectors, localities and units need to identify disaster prevention and control as the top political task to minimize damage caused by natural disasters. Mobilize the entire political system and the entire population to participate in disaster prevention and control with a proactive, urgent and drastic spirit. In particular, the local disaster prevention and control fund and the collection and payment of the disaster prevention and control fund are very necessary. Urgent contributions to the disaster prevention and control fund from organizations, individuals and enterprises will actively support the work of preventing, combating, overcoming consequences and improving the capacity to prevent and respond to natural disasters in the province.

Thu Hoa

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