Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has just signed Decision No. 30/2021/QD-TTg dated October 10, 2021 promulgating principles, criteria and norms for the allocation of annual state budget recurrent expenditure estimates. 2022.
According to this Decision, the construction of a system of norms for allocation of recurrent expenditures from the state budget must contribute to the realization of the objectives and tasks of the socio-economic development plan, and the assurance of national defense and security; prioritize the allocation of funds for important fields and areas of ethnic minorities, mountainous areas with extremely difficult and difficult difficulties, border areas and islands.
In addition, it must be consistent with the ability to balance the state budget in 2022, the 3-year financial – state budget plan for the period 2022 – 2024, the 5-year national financial plan for the period 2021 – 2025. Prioritize resources for implementation. salary reform in accordance with Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW of the Central Committee and Resolution of the National Assembly. Promote step by step improve the efficiency of state budget use, strive to gradually reduce the proportion of recurrent expenditures, contribute to the state budget structure, arrange the administrative management apparatus, public non-business units, and arrange administrative units. at district and commune levels, to streamline payrolls, to reform wages and social insurance of the Party and the State, and to require the implementation of political tasks by each ministry, central agency, and locality.
The allocation of state budget recurrent expenditure estimates should ensure thrift practice and fight waste; administrative reform to improve the quality of public services, effectively use the state budget; contribute to renovating financial management for the public non-business sector to reduce the level of direct support for public non-business units, increase sources of assurance for policies to support the poor, and policy beneficiaries to access services. public cause, encourage socialization, mobilize social resources for socio-economic development. Strengthening the initiative, associated with the functions, tasks, regimes and policies of state budget expenditure.
Budget allocation criteria must be clear, simple, easy to understand, easy to implement, check and monitor; ensure fairness, openness and transparency; step by step in line with international practices. Maximize recurrent expenditures into administrative expenditure norms of ministries and central agencies with the requirement of radical savings; reduce expenses for conferences, seminars, and business delegations going abroad; prioritizing the allocation of funds to the judicial bodies, the State Audit, and the Government Inspectorate.
The decision clearly states that the allocation norms of recurrent expenditure estimates for provinces and centrally-run cities must comply with a number of additional principles and criteria. In which, the population criterion is the main criterion divided into four regions; combine additional criteria suitable to the reality and specificity of each locality.
The allocation norm of the local budget is established for the expenditure fields in accordance with the provisions of the State Budget Law, ensuring the payment of salaries, allowances, contributions according to the regime and a base salary of 1,490. 000 VND/month, activities of state administrative agencies, public non-business units and funding for implementation of regimes and policies promulgated by the State up to the time of promulgation by the National Assembly Standing Committee Resolution (excluding additional expenses incurred to implement policies according to multi-dimensional poverty criteria for the period of 2021 – 2025 and funding for implementation of a number of policies to encourage and support marine fishing and aquaculture) seafood products and services in remote seas).
From the fiscal year 2022, the promulgation and implementation of a new regime that increases state budget expenditures shall comply with the provisions of Clause 4, Article 9 of the Law on State Budget. The central budget will support localities after using the sources of revenue increase, expenditure savings and other lawful local financial sources according to regulations but have not yet balanced enough resources for implementation. In case a locality is affected by a natural disaster, epidemic or serious incident, the locality must actively use the local budget estimate, including the reserve, financial reserve fund and other financial sources. legally prescribed, to remedy; In case it exceeds the balancing capacity of the local budget, the central budget will support the local budget.
In case, the estimate of capital construction investment spending in the domestic capital (excluding development investment expenditure from land use levy, construction lottery) and the local budget recurrent expenditure estimate are calculated according to the following principles: , the criteria and norms for 2022 are lower than the estimate for 2021 decided by the National Assembly, the Prime Minister assigned within the scope specified at point b, clause 7 of this Article will be supported to not be lower. With regard to the amount of support for balancing local budget expenditures, the provincial People’s Councils are entitled to proactively arrange the structure of local budget expenditures in 2022 on the principle of thoroughly saving recurrent expenditures to focus resources on increasing expenditures. Development Investment.
Tuệ Anh
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