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"Scurrilous, Disgraceful": Shashi Tharoor vs Union Minister On MP Funds Row
A war of words has broken out on Twitter between Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over the disbursal of Rs 1 crore in MP-LADS funds towards either research into coronavirus test kits or their purchase.
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Don't Stop MP Funds, Ready To Give Full Salary: Trinamool Leader Tells PM
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.
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Sack Smriti Irani For Misusing MPLAD Funds: Congress
Citing a CAG report indicting Union Minister Smriti Irani for making a payment of nearly Rs 6 crore from MPLAD funds without a tender, the Congress on Thursday demanded her sacking and also registering an FIR against the BJP MP from Gujarat.
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Information Office Directs Government To Upload Lawmaker Funds Data
The Central Information Commission has directed the government to proactively disclose on its website the details of works undertaken under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) in every constituency.
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Sachin Tendulkar Sanctions Rs 2 Crore From MP Fund For Mumbai Foot Overbridge Work
Cricket icon and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar has sanctioned Rs 2 crore from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund for revamp of rail foot overbridges in Mumbai here in the backdrop of the Elphinstone Road station stampede.
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Suresh Prabhu Flags Off 17 Advance Life Support Ambulances
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today flagged off 17 Advance Life Support (ALS) ambulances here which have been provided to the Haryana Health Department under MPLAD fund.
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Don't Name Assets under Parliamentarian Funds After Eminent Persons: Panel
A Parliamentary panel has shot down a proposal by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation to name assets created under Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme after eminent personalities, national icons or freedom fighters.
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Sachin Tendulkar Uses MP Funds to Improve Tribal Lives at Aarey
As a Rajya Sabha member, Sachin Tendulkar has come under fire several times over the years for failing to carry out development work, so this year, the celebrated cricketer and MP has decided to answer his detractors not with words but action.
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Scrap MP Quota in School Admissions: BJD Lawmaker Tathagat Satpathy
The admission quota for MPs in central schools should be done away with, said a BJD member in the Lok Sabha eliciting protests from some members in the House.
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After criticism, Suresh Kalmadi sanctions projects from Tihar Jail
City MP Suresh Kalmadi appears to be on an image-building exercise. Now lodged in Tihar jail, the prison ambience has not stopped him from devising new plans to improve his consitituency. A senior officer from the Election Branch said that fresh proposals from Kalmadi had been sent from Tihar jail on July 18. "Kalmadi had signed the letter of his n...
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Cabinet raises MPLAD fund from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore
The Cabinet today cleared a proposal to raise the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) fund for each MP from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore.There was a long-pending demand from MPs across party lines to increase their local area development fund, as they found it inadequate to serve the vast constituency areas. At the same time, the...
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"Scurrilous, Disgraceful": Shashi Tharoor vs Union Minister On MP Funds Row
A war of words has broken out on Twitter between Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over the disbursal of Rs 1 crore in MP-LADS funds towards either research into coronavirus test kits or their purchase.
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Don't Stop MP Funds, Ready To Give Full Salary: Trinamool Leader Tells PM
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.
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Sack Smriti Irani For Misusing MPLAD Funds: Congress
Citing a CAG report indicting Union Minister Smriti Irani for making a payment of nearly Rs 6 crore from MPLAD funds without a tender, the Congress on Thursday demanded her sacking and also registering an FIR against the BJP MP from Gujarat.
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Information Office Directs Government To Upload Lawmaker Funds Data
The Central Information Commission has directed the government to proactively disclose on its website the details of works undertaken under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) in every constituency.
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Sachin Tendulkar Sanctions Rs 2 Crore From MP Fund For Mumbai Foot Overbridge Work
Cricket icon and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar has sanctioned Rs 2 crore from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund for revamp of rail foot overbridges in Mumbai here in the backdrop of the Elphinstone Road station stampede.
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Suresh Prabhu Flags Off 17 Advance Life Support Ambulances
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today flagged off 17 Advance Life Support (ALS) ambulances here which have been provided to the Haryana Health Department under MPLAD fund.
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Don't Name Assets under Parliamentarian Funds After Eminent Persons: Panel
A Parliamentary panel has shot down a proposal by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation to name assets created under Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme after eminent personalities, national icons or freedom fighters.
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Sachin Tendulkar Uses MP Funds to Improve Tribal Lives at Aarey
As a Rajya Sabha member, Sachin Tendulkar has come under fire several times over the years for failing to carry out development work, so this year, the celebrated cricketer and MP has decided to answer his detractors not with words but action.
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Scrap MP Quota in School Admissions: BJD Lawmaker Tathagat Satpathy
The admission quota for MPs in central schools should be done away with, said a BJD member in the Lok Sabha eliciting protests from some members in the House.
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After criticism, Suresh Kalmadi sanctions projects from Tihar Jail
City MP Suresh Kalmadi appears to be on an image-building exercise. Now lodged in Tihar jail, the prison ambience has not stopped him from devising new plans to improve his consitituency. A senior officer from the Election Branch said that fresh proposals from Kalmadi had been sent from Tihar jail on July 18. "Kalmadi had signed the letter of his n...
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Cabinet raises MPLAD fund from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore
The Cabinet today cleared a proposal to raise the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) fund for each MP from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore.There was a long-pending demand from MPs across party lines to increase their local area development fund, as they found it inadequate to serve the vast constituency areas. At the same time, the...
