Mplads Scheme

To familiarise members with the new guidelines of MPLAD (Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) funds, Rajya Sabha will hold an orientation programme in Parliament on April 5.

Digitisation or e-office has been implemented in all central government departments, the Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha. The website for Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) allows the parliamentarians to make online recommendations of work and track progress thereon, the minister add...

The Central government has increased the ambit of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) with inclusion of provision for purchase of Stubble Clearing and Super Seeded Machines and purchase of testing, screening.

The Union Cabinet today approved restoration and continuation of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), which was suspended in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said in the Rajya Sabha that fund under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for 2019-20 have been cleared.

NCP MP Supriya Sule has said the Centre has suspended the MPLAD (Member of Parliament Local Area Development) fund scheme but is going ahead with the construction of a new Parliament building, which is not a necessity now in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said the Union government was within its powers to suspend the MPLAD scheme and divert such funds to combat COVID-19.

Opposition parties, including the Congress, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday demanded restoration of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund, even as they supported the government's decision to cut salaries of MPs.

Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandopadhyay urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday not to suspend the MPLAD funds scheme as it would impact development works at the grassroots level and demanded a financial moratorium for West Bengal to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today took a swipe at the centre after it scrapped a personal fund for Members of Parliament that can be deployed for projects in their constituencies. The government's move to consolidate the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for two years comes as it looks for ways to mobilise resources to carry on the fight aga...

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday allocated funds for three ventilators at Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital from his MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) funds to combat coronavirus.

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.

As many as 102 parliamentarians contributed a total of Rs 43.67 crore from their Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund for rehabilitation works in flood-affected Kerala, according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the offices of the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman to device "legal framework" to ensure transparency, accountability, liability of parliamentarians and other organisations in the utilisation of funds under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).

To familiarise members with the new guidelines of MPLAD (Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) funds, Rajya Sabha will hold an orientation programme in Parliament on April 5.

Digitisation or e-office has been implemented in all central government departments, the Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha. The website for Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) allows the parliamentarians to make online recommendations of work and track progress thereon, the minister add...

The Central government has increased the ambit of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) with inclusion of provision for purchase of Stubble Clearing and Super Seeded Machines and purchase of testing, screening.

The Union Cabinet today approved restoration and continuation of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), which was suspended in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said in the Rajya Sabha that fund under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for 2019-20 have been cleared.

NCP MP Supriya Sule has said the Centre has suspended the MPLAD (Member of Parliament Local Area Development) fund scheme but is going ahead with the construction of a new Parliament building, which is not a necessity now in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said the Union government was within its powers to suspend the MPLAD scheme and divert such funds to combat COVID-19.

Opposition parties, including the Congress, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday demanded restoration of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund, even as they supported the government's decision to cut salaries of MPs.

Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandopadhyay urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday not to suspend the MPLAD funds scheme as it would impact development works at the grassroots level and demanded a financial moratorium for West Bengal to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today took a swipe at the centre after it scrapped a personal fund for Members of Parliament that can be deployed for projects in their constituencies. The government's move to consolidate the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for two years comes as it looks for ways to mobilise resources to carry on the fight aga...

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday allocated funds for three ventilators at Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital from his MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) funds to combat coronavirus.

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.

As many as 102 parliamentarians contributed a total of Rs 43.67 crore from their Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund for rehabilitation works in flood-affected Kerala, according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the offices of the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman to device "legal framework" to ensure transparency, accountability, liability of parliamentarians and other organisations in the utilisation of funds under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).