Dak Lak Department of Finance responds to the case of remote communes delaying social allowance payment
Dak Lak - Regarding the fact that many households in remote commune Ea Rock have not received social allowances for many months, the provincial Department of Finance has responded.
On January 15, a source from Lao Dong Newspaper confirmed that many households in Ea Rong commune have not received social benefits for many months, and the Department of Finance is now taking measures to resolve the issue.
The People's Committee of Ea rot commune is also calculating a plan to seek opinions from competent authorities to allow flexible use of local funding in 2026 to temporarily pay to people; then compensation will be granted.
According to research, the Commune People's Committee lacks more than 6.6 billion VND to pay social allowances for the remaining 4 months of 2025, which is partly the responsibility of the Department of Finance.
Because from October to November 2025, the People's Committee of the commune has sent 4 consecutive reports to the Department of Finance on this issue but has not been completely resolved.
Speaking to Lao Dong Newspaper, a representative of the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Finance said that in the face of a lack of funding to pay for a number of social security regimes and policies in 2025, the unit is coordinating with localities to review, synthesize and report to the Ministry of Finance as a basis for supplementing the budget, ensuring the rights of the people.
From the beginning of 2025, based on the targeted additional resources from the central budget for the old Dak Lak and Phu Yen provinces, the Department of Finance has assigned budget estimates to localities to implement the payment of social security regimes and policies. Localities then continue to allocate estimates to communes and wards for implementation.
However, in 2025, due to many reasons, the Provincial People's Committee has adjusted and supplemented the local budget estimate many times, but so far the funding source has not been fully guaranteed to pay for social security regimes and policies according to regulations.
According to the representative of the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Finance, to resolve payment costs, the Department recommends that the People's Committees of communes and wards proactively balance local budgets to implement the payment of social security policies issued by the Central Government, ensuring appropriate policy allocation, timely payment to the right subjects.
After payment, localities are responsible for synthesizing actual expenditure data through the State Treasury, explaining in detail each subject, support level, determining the additional funding compared to the estimate at the beginning of the year and sending it to the Department of Finance for synthesis and reporting to the Ministry of Finance.
For localities that do not ensure sufficient expenditure sources in 2025, the Department of Finance recommends proactively using increased revenue, budget savings in 2025 and additional sources with targets from the central budget in 2026 that have been allocated for implementation.
After the Ministry of Finance appraises and supplements the funding, the Department of Finance will advise competent authorities to reallocate it to localities in accordance with regulations.
As Lao Dong reported, in Ea Rong commune, many households reported that social allowances under Decree 20 and Decree 176 of the Government have been delayed for many months, causing difficulties in life.
According to the People's Committee of Ea Rock commune, the total budget for social allowances in the last 6 months of 2025 of the locality is more than 8.9 billion VND.
However, up to now, the commune has only been granted more than 2.2 billion VND by the Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee, only enough to pay for July and August. The remaining budget to be paid for the remaining 4 months of 2025 is more than 6.6 billion VND.
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