Public investment: 15 of the 20 richest districts did not use even 10% of their budget this year

Each year, local governments receive a budget for public works, and some of that money comes from resource exploitation through canon, supercanon, and royalties.

However, the execution of public investment is insufficient in most areas are considered the “wealthiest” because of the income they receive.

The 20 counties with the most resources for canons and honoraria have a budget of S$3,411, but only about S$230 million have been used so far, accounting for 6.7% of the total.

Before the first quarter, according to the Ministry of Economy on the portal “Friendly Consultation”, 15 out of 20 areas The richest used less than 10% of their resources in work.

The lowest usage rate is reported by the municipality of San Marcos, located in Ancash, where only 2% was used in the first three months of the year.

Municipality of San Marcos is followed by municipalities thorn (Cusco), Vista Alegre (Ica), Ica (Ica), Picari (Cusco), Santa Chimbote (Ancash), San Antonio (Province of Lima), Echarati (Cusco), Megantoni (Cusco), Ilabaya (Tacna) , Cimbiri (Cusco), Kelluno (Cusco), Talara Parinhas (Piura), Chavin de Huantar (Ancash) and Marcona (Ica).

Of the wealthiest municipalities group, only Cerro Colorado, Chalhuahuacho, Nazca, Nuevo Chimbote and Coronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa used between 10% and 21% of their public works resources.

It should be noted that last year the total local government they achieved only 63% of their resources. This means that about four out of every 10 salts assigned to them for work have ceased to be used.

In addition, it is estimated that every year municipalities stop using about 40% of the resources coming from the canon, supercanon and royalties, and it is noted that the municipalities that receive the most are not necessarily fully able to use these resources.