Lawmaker Fund Utilisation

BJP's first-time MP Ram Swaroop Sharma, who defeated six-time Congress Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's wife Pratibha Singh from Mandi in 2014, has topped among the state's four lawmakers with fund utilisation over the allocated amount as high as 103.25 per cent under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).

Actor-turned-politician and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher has used 100 per cent of the funds allocated under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) in the past five years.

Details of expenditure of MPLADS funds by Rajya Sabha members show the lowest unspent funds are from some north-eastern states like Tripura, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh -- though this need not necessarily mean that they are good performers because the funds available with them are small compared to some of the big states.

BJP's first-time MP Ram Swaroop Sharma, who defeated six-time Congress Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's wife Pratibha Singh from Mandi in 2014, has topped among the state's four lawmakers with fund utilisation over the allocated amount as high as 103.25 per cent under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).

Actor-turned-politician and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher has used 100 per cent of the funds allocated under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) in the past five years.

Details of expenditure of MPLADS funds by Rajya Sabha members show the lowest unspent funds are from some north-eastern states like Tripura, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh -- though this need not necessarily mean that they are good performers because the funds available with them are small compared to some of the big states.