Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed and issued Official Dispatch No. 24/CD-TTg dated March 22, 3 on accelerating the progress of allocation and disbursement of public investment capital in 2024.
Official telegram sent to Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, and agencies under the Government; Heads of other central agencies; Chairman of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, stated clearly:
In the first months of 2024, the Government and the Prime Minister have drastically directed the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital plans, ministries, branches, central and local agencies have made many efforts, try. By the end of February 02, the detailed allocation of the 2024 public investment capital plan reached 2024% of the plan; Disbursement is estimated to reach 94,9% of the plan, higher than the same period in 9,13 (2023%). However, the amount of capital that has not been allocated in detail is still quite large (about 6,97 trillion VND) of 33 ministries, central agencies and 21 localities; There are 43 ministries, central agencies and 40 localities with disbursement rates in the first 26 months of the year below the national average, of which 02 ministries and central agencies have not yet disbursed the 29 plan (rate disbursement 2024%).
In the coming time, it is forecast that the world situation will continue to become complicated and unpredictable. In the country, there are opportunities, advantages, difficulties, and challenges mixed together, but the difficulties and challenges are more numerous. In that context, promoting the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital is both urgent and strategic and is a key task to contribute to promoting growth and macroeconomic stability. ensuring major balances of the economy, successfully implementing socio-economic development goals and targets for 2024 assigned by the Central Government and the National Assembly.
To strive to disburse public investment capital in 2024 to achieve the highest results (over 95% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister), the Prime Minister requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, and agencies under the Government to Government, other central agencies, Chairman of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities promote responsibility, focus on directing, leading, and operating the implementation more drastically and synchronously. , promptly and more effectively the following key tasks and solutions:
1. Thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the Party's policies and guidelines, and the State's legal policies, raise awareness of all levels and sectors about the role and significance of public investment in economic development socio-economic; Identifying public investment disbursement as one of the most important political tasks, it is necessary to focus on prioritizing leadership, direction and implementation. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, other central agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities are fully responsible to the Government and Prime Minister. The Government in directing the synchronous and effective implementation of tasks and solutions set out in Resolution No. 01/NQ-CP dated January 05, 01 on main tasks and solutions to implement the development plan socio-economic development, state budget estimates for 2024; Resolutions of regular meetings of the Government; Guidance opinions of the Government Leaders in Decision No. 2024/QD-TTg dated December 1603, 11 on assigning investment plans for state budget capital in 12; Document No. 2023/VPCP-KTTH dated January 2024, 380 on allocation and disbursement of central budget capital plan in 17 and related documents.
2. Ministries, central and local agencies:
a) Urgently allocate detailed state budget investment plans for 2024 in accordance with regulations, without further delay; The detailed allocation of capital plans must ensure focus, focus, not spread out, consistent with implementation and disbursement capacity and in accordance with legal regulations on public investment. Urgently propose solutions to handle the remaining 2024 central budget capital that has not been allocated in detail, send it to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance and update it on the national information system for investment. private and public in accordance with Resolution No. 28/NQ-CP dated March 05, 3 of the Government.
b) Focus on implementing flexible, creative, timely and effective measures and solutions to drastically promote implementation and disbursement of public investment capital, 03 National Target Programs; Accelerate the implementation progress of key and nationally important projects, highways, inter-regional projects with spillover effects, etc. Accelerating the disbursement of public investment capital must be associated with ensuring the quality of works and projects, avoiding negativity, loss and waste.
c) Make a detailed disbursement plan for each project and strictly comply with the disbursement plan for each month and quarter. Focus on speeding up site clearance and construction progress, removing difficulties related to land and resources... Strengthening field inspection and supervision, urging contractors and consultants speeding. Proactively review and transfer capital according to authority between projects with slow disbursement to projects with better disbursement ability and lacking capital according to regulations. Assign specific leaders responsible for monitoring implementation progress; closely and promptly remove difficulties and take responsibility for the disbursement results of each project; Consider the results of public investment disbursement as an important basis when evaluating and grading the level of completion of annual assigned tasks by heads of agencies, units and related groups and individuals.
d) Drastically and proactively handle and remove problems and difficulties in a timely and effective manner according to assigned functions, tasks and authority; Implement clear and specific mechanisms for assigning, assigning responsibilities, and coordinating authority and responsibilities between agencies and units in completing project investment procedures. Continue to promote and improve the effectiveness of the Special Working Group on Public Investment Disbursement headed by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
d) Strengthen discipline and discipline in disbursement of public investment capital; There are strict sanctions according to regulations for investors, project management boards, organizations and individuals who intentionally slow down the progress of capital delivery, implementation and disbursement of public investment capital; promptly replace officials, civil servants and public employees who are weak in capacity, stagnant, causing harassment and trouble, and resolutely handle negative and corrupt behaviors in public investment management.
3. Ministry of Planning and Investment
a) Preside and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries, agencies and localities based on the direction at Point 5, Section II of Resolution No. 28/NQ-CP dated March 05, 3 of the Government on the session The regular Government meeting in February 2024 urgently reviews and synthesizes the need to adjust the unallocated central budget capital plan for 02 of ministries, central agencies and localities, and submits it to the Prime Minister. Government in March 2024 before reporting to competent authorities in accordance with regulations.
b) Preside and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries, agencies and localities to urgently review, synthesize and report to the Prime Minister in March 3 on extending the capital allocation time central budget for projects assigned to the medium-term public investment capital plan for the period 2024-2021 in accordance with the direction at Point a, Section 2025, Directive No. 3/CT-TTg dated February 06, 15 of the Prime Minister government.
c) Coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to closely monitor the disbursement progress of ministries, central agencies and localities, promptly report to the Prime Minister monthly to promulgate flexible operating solutions, drastic, effective, close to the actual situation to complete the goal of disbursement of public investment capital in 2024. Public announcement on the Government Electronic Information Portal, the Electronic Information Portal of the Ministry of Planning and Investment privately and in the mass media the monthly disbursement results of ministries, central and local agencies; Propose the Government and Prime Minister to praise ministries, agencies and localities for good disbursement and criticize ministries, agencies and localities for slow disbursement at regular monthly Government meetings.
d) Continue to review legal regulations related to public investment to consider amending and supplementing according to authority or report and propose competent authorities to amend and supplement to promote allocation and solution. budget public investment projects and ensure efficient use of capital.
4. Ministry of Finance
a) Direct the State Treasury to promptly make payment for completed volumes, promote payment through online public services of the State Treasury to save time and travel costs of investors, publicly and transparently process documents at the payment control agency; Direct functional units to ensure payment sources for projects; promptly handle problems regarding payments, settlement, negotiations, signing agreements, and withdrawing capital from donors; Urgently review and approve annual public investment plans from the state budget on Tabmis in accordance with regulations.
b) Coordinate closely and promptly with the Ministry of Planning and Investment in reviewing, synthesizing, assigning and adjusting the central budget capital investment plan for 2024; Ensure on time according to the Government's working regulations.
5. Ministries and agencies in charge of national target programs (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Committee for Ethnic Minorities) review difficulties and problems and make recommendations of ministries, branches and localities in the process of allocating and disbursing capital of 03 National Target Programs to coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies to handle according to regulations; Timely report to competent authorities on contents beyond authority.
6. The Prime Minister's Working Groups were established according to Decision No. 235/QD-TTg dated March 14, 3 and working groups of Government Members according to Decision No. 2023/QD-TTg dated March 435 April 24 continues to improve operational efficiency, proactively strengthen inspection, urge and promptly remove difficulties and obstacles, and promote disbursement of public investment capital in 4.
7. The Government Office monitors and urges according to assigned functions, tasks and authority; Report to the Prime Minister on issues beyond its authority.