Tens of thousands of billion dong of public investment capital is “in storage”

Disbursement public investment capital is considered as one of the pillars for rapid socio-economic recovery and development in 2022, in which public investment in key national projects will be the leading capital to attract capital from the whole country. other economic sectors and society as a whole. As the economy accelerates its post-pandemic recovery, this is more important than ever.

Therefore, in the face of this stagnation, over the past time, 6 working groups established by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh have actively inspected, urged and accelerated disbursement in many localities and ministries.

17 ministries, branches and central agencies have not yet disbursed public investment capital

Disbursement of public investment is said to be one of the pillars for rapid socio-economic recovery and development in 2022. (Illustration image – Photo: Investment Newspaper)

According to statistics, in the first 5 months of this year, disbursement of public investment capital only reached about 22% of the plan. Especially, by the end of April, 17 ministries and central agencies have not disbursed any money. Newspaper Custom According to analysis, this means that tens of thousands of billions of dong are still lying idle, scattered in the warehouses of dozens of ministries and agencies, both central and local, which cannot be spent, not becoming a driving force for economic recovery. economic.

There are many bottlenecks in disbursement, such as cumbersome procedures, fear of responsibility, fear of price conflicts in site clearance or construction capacity of contractors.

As someone who once questioned the Minister of Planning and Investment in the recent National Assembly session on this issue, National Assembly delegate Ta Van Ha, from Quang Nam delegation, said that the subjective factor is mainly human. . The implementation stage is the main reason for the above delay. Recognizing the reality, there are places where the heads are concerned about their responsibilities, and the capacity of the staff is still limited, so they do not dare to decide and take responsibility, affecting the progress of projects.

Also according to delegate Ta Van Ha, prudence is necessary but must be on time, requiring the capacity, qualifications and assertiveness of the leader.

Lack of strong enough accountability mechanism

In many localities and units, the role and responsibility of the head has not been promoted. The responsibility of individuals and organizations causing delay in disbursement of public investment capital has not been handled thoroughly and has not been completed yet.

Sheet People’s Deputies It is necessary to specify that ministries, branches and localities are slow to disburse public investment capital, but this is not enough if we still lack a strong enough mechanism to handle responsibility to deter individuals. agency for this situation to occur. The responsibility to keep reminding in general that the handling is not done properly, I am afraid that the delay in disbursement of public investment capital will continue.

Assign specific responsibility for the delay

In the newspaper CustomEconomic expert Ngo Tri Long said that in order to promote public investment effectively and quickly, the state needs to inspect, examine and supervise, and have sanctions to strictly punish individuals and organizations that cause delays in settlement. echo.

With a serious illness lasting many years, a strong enough dose of medicine can make a positive change.

There are many bottlenecks in disbursement, such as cumbersome procedures, fear of responsibility… (Illustration – Photo: Investment Newspaper)

Recently, the National Assembly has agreed to increase the state budget deficit in 2022 and 2023 with about VND 240,000 billion in order to recover and develop the economy after the pandemic. More than ever, people, businesses and the whole economy are waiting for investment projects to be disbursed to bring economic growth back to 6-6.5% as the target.

Newspaper Youth comment, perhaps it is time to take strong measures to help local ministries and agencies fully realize that having money but not spending, or even not daring to spend it, is not only a waste, but also a mistake. with the assigned responsibility, at fault with the tax dollars of the people.

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