This Article is From Nov 10, 2021

Covid Suspension Ends, Centre Says MPs To Get Development Funds Again

MPLAD Scheme: Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the scheme has been restored for the remaining part of financial year 2021-22.

Covid Suspension Ends, Centre Says MPs To Get Development Funds Again

MPLADS: Under the scheme, MPs can recommend development programmes costing Rs 5 crore annually. File

New Delhi:

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.

Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the Cabinet presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the scheme has been restored for the remaining part of financial year 2021-22. The scheme will continue till 2025-26.

Funds will be released at the rate of Rs 2 crore per MP for the remaining period of 2021-22 in one instalment, he said.

From 2022-23 to 2025-26, funds will be released under the scheme at the rate of Rs 5 crore per annum to each of the MPs in two instalments of Rs 2.5 crore each, he added.

In April last year, the government had suspended MPLADS during 2020-21 and 2021-22, and said that the funds would be used for managing health services and the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Under the scheme, MPs can recommend development programmes involving expenditure of Rs 5 crore every year in their constituencies.

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