Resolution on some specific mechanisms to implement national target programs

A session of Congress

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has just signed to certify Resolution No. 111/2024/QH15 dated January 18, 2024 of the National Assembly on a number of specific mechanisms and policies to implement national target programs.

This Resolution stipulates a number of specific mechanisms and policies to implement the National Target Program on New Rural Development for the 2021-2025 period, the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period, and the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development for Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period.

The Resolution states: The National Assembly decides to allocate the annual central budget's regular expenditure estimates to each locality according to the total budget of each national target program.

The Prime Minister assigns the annual central budget regular expenditure estimates to each locality according to the total regular expenditure budget of each national target program.

The Provincial People's Council decides to allocate or delegate to the District People's Council the decision to allocate the annual central budget regular expenditure estimates of each detailed national target program to component projects.

Regarding the adjustment of the state budget estimate and the adjustment of the annual state budget investment plan, the resolution stipulates: The provincial People's Council decides to adjust the state budget estimate for 2024 (regular expenditure) and the state budget estimate that has not been fully disbursed in 2023 (including investment expenditure and regular expenditure) of national target programs that have been transferred to 2024 according to the provisions of Resolution No. 104/2023/QH15 dated November 10, 2023 and Resolution No. 108/2023/QH15 dated November 29, 2023 of the National Assembly.

According to the decentralized authority, the People's Committees at the provincial and district levels decide to adjust the State budget investment plan of national target programs that have not been fully disbursed in 2023 and have been transferred to 2024 according to the provisions of Resolution No. 104/2023/QH15 dated November 10, 2023 and Resolution No. 108/2023/QH15 dated November 29, 2023 of the National Assembly.

Regarding the pilot mechanism of decentralization to the district level in managing and organizing the implementation of national target programs for the 2024-2025 period, the Resolution stipulates: The Provincial People's Council is allowed to decide to select no more than two districts to pilot the decentralization mechanism.

The provincial People's Committee decides to assign specific goals, tasks, and requirements for each national target program to the selected pilot district.

District-level People's Councils are allowed to decide on adjusting the plan for allocating public investment capital and regular expenditures among national target programs in the medium-term public investment plan, annual capital investment plan, and annual State budget estimates assigned by competent authorities; the structure of State budget capital sources between investment expenditures and regular expenditures of component projects that are no longer eligible for support to focus capital on implementing other component projects under national target programs for the 2021-2025 period.

The Military Command of Song Hinh District (Phu Yen) has implemented a program of donating breeding cows to ethnic minorities over the past years, contributing to sustainable poverty reduction in the locality.

The annual settlement of the State budget of the district implementing the pilot mechanism is carried out according to the medium-term public investment plan, annual capital investment plan, and annual State budget estimate adjusted by the District People's Council according to regulations.

Based on the list of expected projects reported to the District People's Council, the People's Committee at the same level assigns the medium-term public investment plan to implement small-scale construction investment projects with uncomplicated techniques according to the total capital to implement the projects; it is not required to assign the project list in the medium-term public investment plan.

The allocation and assignment of annual capital investment plans to implement small-scale, technically uncomplicated construction investment projects in detail for each project is carried out according to the principle that the total support capital from the State budget accumulated up to the time of capital allocation must not exceed the total capital to implement these projects in the medium-term public investment plan.

The Government is responsible for organizing the implementation of this resolution; summarizing and evaluating the implementation of the resolution and reporting to the National Assembly at the first session of 2026 or at the same time proposing investment policies related to these national target programs in the 2026-2030 period.

TB (according to VNA)

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