(PLO)- With a special city like Ho Chi Minh City, the capital for public investment is huge, not only for traffic works but also for the entire technical and social infrastructure.
Looking at the list of medium-term public investment projects of localities, it can be seen that the need to renovate, expand, upgrade and build new public investment projects such as roads, schools, and hospitals is very important. big.
Previously, the investment in group C projects was also authorized by the city for districts. After that, this authority is transferred back to the departments and branches for decision. This causes many difficulties for localities because procedures arise and the project implementation time is prolonged.
For newly established projects, it is not said, but for projects that have problems that need adjustment such as boundary adjustment, project adjustment, they do not have the authority to resolve, so localities must consult departments and agencies. involved take a lot of time causing the project to be extended.
Leaders of many districts said that this is also a problem causing the project to stall, leading to slow disbursement of capital, affecting the local socio-economic situation as well as people’s lives. Many districts have proposed that the city authorize districts to decide on group C projects using the district budget to increase local initiative.
With the city authorizing chairpersons of People’s Committees of districts to decide to invest in Group C projects, it has created great excitement and consensus from local leaders. Although this decision only applies to outstanding projects, it has also removed one more “bottleneck” for localities to accelerate the progress of public investment projects, ending the status of “suspended” projects. .
Also related to the more proactive right of district presidents, the Government recently issued Resolution 73/2023 on authorization to decide on specific land prices. In particular, the Government allows the City People’s Committee to authorize the districts to decide on specific land prices to calculate compensation when the State recovers land; collect land use levy upon allocation of resettlement land; calculate land use levy and land rent when the State allocates or leases land or changes the land use purpose to households and individuals.
Districts and districts are also entitled to determine land prices for areas exceeding the quota when the State recognizes residential land use rights for households and individuals; determine the starting price for auctioning land use rights for households and individuals.
It can be seen that localities are gradually expanding their right to decide on their own socio-economic development, helping to reduce time and procedures. With more rights, localities also have the opportunity to show their capacity and creativity to bring about the highest efficiency. However, along with authority is always responsibility, when the project is delayed, it also has a clear address to attribute responsibility.
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