Indian Polity 2017

MPLADS

launched on 23^rd December, 1993.

Initially, Ministry of Rural Development was the Nodal Ministry for this scheme. In October, 1994 this scheme was transferred to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

salient features

v  Central Plan Scheme fully funded by the Government of India under which funds

v  are released in the form of grants-in-aid directly to the district authorities;

v  The funds released under the Scheme are non-lapsable, i.e. the entitlement of funds not released in a particular year is carried forward to the subsequent years, subject to eligibility. At present, the annual entitlement per MP/constituency is 5 crore;

v  Under MPLADS, the role of the Members of Parliament is limited to recommend works. Thereafter, it is the responsibility of the district authority to sanction, execute and complete the works recommended by Members of Parliament within the stipulated time period;

v  The elected Lok Sabha Members can recommend works in their respective constituencies. The elected members of the Rajya Sabha can recommend works anywhere in the state from which they are elected. Nominated members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha can recommend works for implementation, anywhere in the country.

v  can be implemented in areas affected by natural calamities like floods, cyclone,hailstorm, avalanche, cloudburst, pest attack, landslides, tornado, earthquake, drought, tsunami, fire and biological, chemical, radiological hazards, etc. MPs from the non affected areas of the state/UT can also recommend per missible works upto a maximum of 25 lakh per annum in the affectedarea(s) in that state/UT;

v   In order to accord special attention to the development of areas inhabited by Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), 15 percent of MPLADS funds are to be utilized for areas inhabited by SC population and 7.5 per cent for areas inhabited by ST population;

v   The MP can spend a maximum of 20 lakh per year for giving assistance to differently abled citizens for purchase of tricycles (including motorized tricycles),battery operated motorized wheel chair and artificial limbs; and aids for visually and hearing impaired;

v  Funds released by the Government of India are deposited by the District administrations in nationalized banks (including IDBI Banks)/Regional Rural Banks (Gramin Banks) which are on Core Banking Platform with the Nationalized Bank as their sponsor, for each MP for the purpose of MPLAD scheme

v  The roles of Central Government, state government, district authorities and implementing agencies have been clearly defined in the guidelines on MPLADS for implementation of MPLAD Scheme.