On the afternoon of October 30, the National Assembly continued to discuss in the hall the implementation of the National Assembly's Resolutions on the National Target Programs on new rural construction for the 2021-2025 period, sustainable poverty reduction for the 2021-2025 period, and socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the 2021-2030 period.
Delegate Vu Xuan Hung (Thanh Hoa) also pointed out some shortcomings and limitations in the implementation process, that is, the implementation of the National Assembly's goals on National Target Programs still has many limitations, inadequacies and many difficulties and problems.
Mr. Hung said: “ Although the Steering Committees of the three National Target Programs have been strengthened, the operating mechanism is not smooth and lacks synchronization and unity among agencies. Regarding the model of the supporting apparatus, there is no uniformity, each locality has a different model, there is a mentality of fear of mistakes, fear of responsibility, and not daring to do it” .
Delegate Vu Xuan Hung (Thanh Hoa) spoke at the conference hall. (Photo: Quochoi.vn).
Besides, the volume of guiding documents is too much. According to statistics, the Central Government has issued 114 documents and the documents are general regulations; some localities have not completed management documents according to their authority...
In addition, there is a situation of slow capital allocation, incorrect allocation to the right subjects, and inadequate allocation of career capital. The capital disbursement progress of the three programs is very slow, up to now only reaching less than 50%, especially the career capital is very low...
“With both institutional and human difficulties, if there are no breakthrough solutions and specific mechanisms, the ability to achieve the goals for the entire 2021-2025 period will be very difficult. To speed up the implementation of the three programs, delegates suggested that there should be a specific resolution to decentralize, delegate power and have mechanisms as proposed by the Government to quickly disburse investment capital,” said delegate Vu Xuan Hung.
Delegate Chu Thi Hong Thai (Lang Son) affirmed that in recent years, the implementation of the 3 National Target Programs has achieved important results, but there are still many limitations and shortcomings. The National Assembly's supervision report has fully reflected the difficulties and obstacles in the implementation process.
According to delegate Thai, the counterpart rate of the National Target Program on New Rural Construction is high, while the budget revenue of some localities is still limited, making it difficult to balance the local budget to ensure counterpart according to regulations.
"Therefore, I propose that the Government consider and amend in the direction of reducing the counterpart ratio for provinces receiving large support from the central budget, so that the provinces can balance local capital sources without losing support from the central budget. At the same time, I propose that the National Assembly and the Government consider increasing investment capital for mountainous provinces and provinces receiving large budget support from the central government to implement traffic works, especially in mountainous areas," delegate Thai proposed.
Delegate Chu Thi Hong Thai (Lang Son). (Photo: Quochoi.vn).
Regarding the implementation of social policy credit, delegate Thai agreed with the draft Resolution of the National Assembly to pay attention to arranging increased capital sources for implementing social policy credit from the central and local budgets entrusted to the Social Policy Bank, expanding the scope and beneficiaries, and raising the lending limit to implement the National Target Programs. However, the delegate suggested that the National Assembly and the Government consider reducing interest rates for a number of programs to support poor households in developing production.
“Regarding the level of support for poor households in housing construction, the delegate said that the support level of 40 million VND/household for new construction and 20 million VND/household for repairs is not enough to ensure the 3 “hard” requirements on quality after receiving support. Therefore, I recommend that the Government study and consider increasing the support level for housing construction to 70% to 80% of the value of housing that meets the criteria for poor households,” delegate Thai stated his opinion.
Speaking earlier, on the morning of October 30, delegate Pham Thi Kieu (Dak Nong) said that the National Assembly's approval of the investment policy for the 3 National Target Programs is in line with reality, has a great and positive impact on the socio-economic development of localities, especially in remote rural areas, ethnic minority areas, and border areas.
However, in practice, the 3 National Target Programs issue their own regulations and rules, leading to overlap and disagreement in beneficiary areas, reducing the effectiveness of the propaganda and contribution mobilization process.
Delegate Kieu suggested that the Government, the Prime Minister and the Central Ministries and branches should stipulate a unified mechanism for management, common use, and integration of State budget capital to implement the 3 National Target Programs.
Currently, the 3 National Target Programs have many overlapping contents such as vocational training, livelihood support... leading to overlap and inability to disburse capital, because the regulation stipulates that each subject can only benefit from one program.
On the other hand, currently the infrastructure in mountainous areas and ethnic minority areas still faces many difficulties and requires investment capital; if localities are not allowed to convert unused career capital into investment capital, the capital will not be fully utilized.
Delegate Pham Thi Kieu (Dak Nong). (Photo: Quochoi.vn).
According to current regulations, the Provincial People's Council must issue a Resolution, which is a legal document stipulating principles, criteria, and norms for allocating capital to implement National Target Programs. If during the implementation process, the budget task must be adjusted, it must also be adjusted by a Resolution, which is a legal document, so it must wait until the Provincial People's Council session.
Such steps will greatly affect the progress of implementing the National Target Programs. Delegates also hope that the National Assembly and the Government will consider regulations allowing the Provincial People's Committee to agree with the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council to adjust and report to the Provincial People's Council at the nearest meeting to ensure timeliness.
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