Wrong payment for thousands of subjects
As informed by Lao Dong , on May 6, 2022, the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) issued Inspection Conclusion No. 96/KL-TTr on the inspection of the implementation of preferential policies for people. with meritorious service to the revolution and the management and use of funds to implement preferential policies for people with meritorious services to the revolution in the accounting year from 2019 - 2021 in Thanh Hoa province.
Results of checking 13,000 dossiers of resistance activists and their offspring who are receiving the toxic chemical regime, found that 2,100 dossiers were missing ingredients or did not meet the prescribed conditions and standards to enjoy the regime. .
Specifically, out of 2,100 violation cases, there were 696 records that did not meet conditions and standards; 579 records lack conditions; 781 documents lack basis and need to check and verify information; 39 applications received incorrect benefits; and 19 files need to review medical assessment results.
After the above conclusion, Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee requested relevant departments, branches, units and district People's Committees to seriously implement the recommendations stated in the conclusion, based on their functions and tasks. promptly overcome limitations and shortcomings.
Along with that, request the District People's Committee, based on the decisions to suspend and revoke subsidies issued by Thanh Hoa Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, to conduct a complete recovery of subsidies incorrectly paid to the subjects, pay back to the State budget.
Thanh Hoa Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs also established a team to inspect, verify and announce the temporary suspension of subsidy payments for questionable cases that do not meet the conditions as indicated by the conclusions of the Ministry Inspectorate.
According to the actual investigation of Labor after the conclusion of the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, many cases subject to suspension and revocation of benefits are in very difficult circumstances, while the large amount of arrears makes them no money to pay back.
A typical case is the case of Ms. Mach Thi Thiet (31 years old, in Cong Liem commune, Nong Cong district), who was suspended and had more than 100 million VND in arrears collected from the toxic chemical regime. Meanwhile, Ms. Thiet's family is the poorest household in Cong Liem commune. She herself is not mentally normal, her eldest child is paralyzed, and the three children live in a shabby 4-level house. Therefore, refunding the amount received is impossible.
Very difficult to recover
Talking to Labor about the above issue, Mr. Tran Van Hung - Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Thanh Hoa province, said that according to the conclusion of the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the review of the Department, in the area there are 1,277 subjects with incorrect payments. , must suspend and revoke subsidies, with a total amount to recover of more than 200 billion VND.
“In order to recover the above amount, the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province and the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs have issued many documents requesting districts, towns and cities to urge the recovery and payment to the State budget. However, up to now the recovered amount has only been more than 500 million VND" - Mr. Hung informed.
Explaining that the amount of money wrongly spent is very large, but recovered very little, the Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Thanh Hoa province said that most of the subjects subject to arrears are from difficult circumstances, poor and near-poor households. , ethnic minority households, families with sick people, many people are now old and weak, have reached the end of working age, some people indirectly do not have jobs or have jobs but are not stable...
Regarding the issue of collecting money wrongly paid to people with meritorious services over time, the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province has also issued a document requesting the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to consider not recovering the allowance amount. expenses for the above objects. The reason is that most of these cases are poor, near-poor households, and have difficult family circumstances.
“The above situation not only occurs in Thanh Hoa but also in many other localities. After proposals from localities in the direction of not collecting arrears for these cases, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has submitted a report to the Government to bring come up with a solution plan" - Mr. Hung informed.
Also according to the Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Thanh Hoa province, regarding the responsibility for violations occurring over time, up to now, a review and lessons learned have been organized for all groups and individuals involved in the issue. topic above.
