The government of Dina Boluarte submitted to Congress the bill that creates a new portfolio and merges entities such as ANIN, Agrorural, Provías and Fondepes, among others.
The regime of Dina Boluarte He submitted to Congress the bill that proposes the creation of the Ministry of Infrastructure – which was announced in the last presidential message on July 28.
PL No. 08508/2024-PE details that the new portfolio will absorb only 13 entities and no longer 17; Therefore, Proinversión, the Fund for Cooperation for Social Development (FONCODES), the Subnational Transport Support Program (PATS) and the Invest Fund for Territorial Development (FIDT) will remain outside the Ministry of Infrastructure.
It should be added that Proinversion plays a fundamental role in Government-to-Government agreements for large investments and projects. The Minister of Economy and Finance, José Arista, told RPP that Proinversión has 17 projects, the latest being the Tren Macho from Huancayo to Huancavelica, which “should be launched in the first weeks of August.”
According to the text, which must be evaluated by Congress at the beginning of the legislative session, the Ministry of Infrastructure will be implemented within a period of no more than 24 months from the approval of the Regulations on Organization and Functions.
Furthermore, within no more than 180 calendar days from the date the law comes into effect, the affected sectors will make the regulatory and management changes required to complete the merger of entities, programs, projects and funds.
The ministry’s objective is to plan, coordinate, formulate, execute and supervise the management of public infrastructure, according to the project signed by Boluarte and Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzén.
Which entities will be merged into the Ministry of Infrastructure?
- National Infrastructure Authority (ANIN)
- Agency for the Study and Design of Investment Projects (OEDI)
- Rural Agrarian Productive Development Program (AGRORURAL)
- Subsectoral Irrigation Program (PSI)
- National Health Investment Program (PRONIS)
- National Educational Infrastructure Program (PRONIED)
- Safe Water Program for Lima and Callao (PASLC)
- National Urban Sanitation Program (PNSU)
- National Rural Sanitation Program (PNSR)
- National Fisheries Development Fund (FONDEPES)
- National Transport Infrastructure Special Project (PROVÍAS Nacional)
- Special Project for Decentralized Transport Infrastructure (Decentralized PROVIAS)
- Legacy Special Project (LEGACY)
Source: Larepublica
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