In response to a central question on "the program to reduce territorial and social disparities" (PRDTS) in the House of Councillors, he said that to meet this challenge, it is not only a question of mobilizing more public investment but especially better managing these investments to strengthen the potential of the regions in terms of attractiveness and economic efficiency.
While noting the specificities of the PRDTS that complements other government programs, he said that this program does not replace the programs of ministerial departments, being only a contribution to the mitigation of deficits and other shortcomings found between regions and within a region.
Today, this program to reduce territorial and social disparities in rural areas is in its final phase pending the development of an action plan for the year 2023, he said. An opportunity for him to review the results of this program in terms of the implementation of water supply projects and connection to the power grid in rural areas, rehabilitation of infrastructure in the fields of education and health, construction and development of roads and access in rural areas and strengthening the economic potential in rural and mountainous regions.
He reported, in this regard, the development of six annual and regional action plans for the development of rural and mountainous regions (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022) since the launch of this program in 2017, and this, for a total amount of 41.36 billion dirhams, including 33.5 billion dirhams already allocated.
Regarding the progress of the program at the level of action plans, Laftit said that the committed credits amounted in mid-December to 30.97 billion dirhams, or 95.5% of the amounts allocated while the volume of payments amounted to 21 billion, or 70% of committed credits.