Reducing more than 4,700 poor households by the end of 2015

Reducing more than 4,700 poor households by the end of 2015

PPC Vice Chairman Tran Quang Nhat has recently signed, issued plans to implement the national target program on poverty reduction in the province in 2015.

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Accordingly, efforts are made to reduce the poverty rate by 2% compared to the yeat 2014 (4,773 poor households), down 7.73%. Specifically, Dong Hoa district reduces 546 households, Tay Hoa district 453 households, Phu Hoa 945 households, Tuy An 696 households, Dong Xuan 1,164 households, Son Hoa 281 households, Song Hinh 434 households, Tuy Hoa city 219 households and Song Cau town 493 households.

Policies of supporting credit for poor households include: Increasing the total outstanding loans to develop production for 2,800 poor households to 440 billion dongs, improving production development loans to 9,600 poor households with 394 billion dongs, improving student loans for 8,000 students to over 508 billion dongs.

For the program “Abolishing temporary houses”, the province will continue to implement the scheme “Abolishing temporary houses” for poor households under Resolution 24/2011 of the Provincial People’s Council. It is expected that in 2015 the province removes 1,000 temporary houses, including funds for the poor at all levels: 247 houses, Provincial Fund for abolishing temporary houses: 100, integrating to support housing construction for policy households: 117, other mobilized sources: 100, flood-advoidance houses: 336 houses…Granting health insurance cards to 186,000 poor and nearly-poor families; Ethnic minorities live in areas with difficult socio-eco conditions; people live in areas with especially difficult socio-eco conditions. In addition, the province will continue to implement policies to provide free education, subsidies for tuition and support studying costs for students in poor and nearly-poor households and other policy objects under the direction of the Government; simultaneously support electricity bills for 45,500 poor households and policy beneficiaries.

Projects of supporting poverty reduction include: project of social infrastructure for especially difficult communes in coastal areas of 16 communes of Hoa Hiep Nam, Hoa Tam (Dong Hoa), An Phu (Tuy Hoa city), An Chan, An My, An Hai, An Hoa, An Ninh Dong, An Ninh Tay, An Hiep, An Cu (Tuy An), Xuan Tho 2, Xuan Thinh, Xuan Phuong, Xuan Canh, Xuan Hai (Sng Cau town) with a total budget of more than 18 billion dongs. Project of infrastructure Construction at especially difficult communes under the 135 program with a budget of more than 27 billion dongs from the central budget, to be deployed in the districts of Dong Xuan (7 billion dongs), Son Hoa (7.4 billion dongs), Song Hinh (9.2 billion dongs), Tay Hoa (400 million dongs), Phu Hoa (200 million dongs), Tuy An (600 million dongs) and Song Cau town (1 billion dongs) …

The main task for poverty reduction is given to strengthen the guidance and improve both the roles and responsibilities of all levels and sectors in poverty reduction, especially grassroots cadres. Continuing to implement projects and policies under national target program for sustainable poverty reduction. The projects will be implemented to focus direction, direct support for poor and near-poor households into specific contents, giving priorities to localities with high rate of poor households and disadvantaged and ethnic minorities areas. Strengthen direct, control and supervision to help poor, nearly-poor households access to social services in health, education, housing and cultural life. Establishing, integrating effective poverty reduction programs with local socio-eco development programs, especially in mountainous socio-eco development programs such as Program 135, national target Program in new rural construction, policy support for people living in disadvantaged and particularly difficult areas and job-creation program.

Source: Phu Yen NewspaperTranslated by TRONG HAO

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