FM Nirmala Sitharaman bullish on gems & jewellery sector opening new skilled job opportunitiesA significant grant supports lab-grown diamond research at IIT Madras. The Finance Minister inaugurated a new jewellery institute in Udupi....
Not considering proposal to buy equipment for private hospitals under MPLADS: MoSPI ministerThe MPLAD can be used for purchase of medical equipment for government hospitals, costing not less than Rs 5 lakh. The new MPLAD guidelines...
MPs cannot use interest on MPLADS funds for development works; Centre revises normsAccording to the revised procedure for flow of funds under the CSS, including MPLADS, of the Finance Ministry, all interest earnings should...
Government allows MPLADS funds to setup oxygen manufacturing plants in govt hospitalsThe ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) also extended the one-time dispensation given last year under MPLADS for pu...
Supreme Court dismisses plea for return of MPLAD funds donated to PM CARES FundAdvocate Dushyant Tiwari, appearing for petitioner Tushar Gupta, said that Rs 365 crore were donated by lawmakers from Members of Parliamen...
Centre within its rights to suspend MPLADS, says Bombay HCA bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni was presiding over a public interest litigation filed through lawyer Shekha...
MPLAD fund suspension gross injustice to MPs, needs rethink: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury"Suspension of MPLAD fund is a gross injustice towards the representatives of people as well as the voters, as the MPs enjoy the autonomy o...
Labour minister Gangwar asks MoSPI to release his MPLADS fund for PM relief fund for Covid-19"I, hereby, give my consent for release of Rs one crore from my next MPLADS installment due for release during the financial year 2020-21 t...
After LS speaker's appeal, 35 MPs approve allocation of money from MPLADS fund to fight COVID-19Om Birla said the country is passing through a tough phase due to the coronavirus outbreak and "as public representatives, it is our duty t...
MPLAD funds pour in for Covid-19 treatmentThe ministry of statistics and programme implementation permitted the use of MPLAD (members of Parliament local area development scheme) fu...
Tamil Nadu floods: Rajya Sabha members offer to spend MPLADS fundsExpressing concern over the rain fury in Tamil Nadu, members in Rajya Sabha today offered to utilise MPLADS funds for relief and rehabilita...
CPI(M) MPs to donate MPLAD funds for flood-hit KashmirCPI(M) has nine members each in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, apart from two Left-supported independents from Kerala in the Lower Hous...
Toilet construction: Nitin Gadkari asks MPs to allocate MPLADS fundsHis letter comes days after PM urged the parliamentarians to use MPLADS funds in building toilets to end the menace of open defecation in t...
- Government allows use of MPLAD funds to build railway halt stations
Members of Parliament can now use funds provided under the MPLAD scheme for construction of railway halt stations.
- Govt converges MPLAD & MGNREGA to create more durable assets
In the the new framework, under the MPLAD scheme, MPs may recommend works from out of the shelf of MGNREGA projects approved by Zilla Panch...
- Parliamentary panel recommends spending MPLADS funds for SC/STs on slums
A Parliamentary Committee on MPs Local Area Development Scheme has recommended that MPLAD funds earmarked for SC/ST areas may be utilised f...
- BJP urges PM for waiver for MPs to donate from MPLAD funds
In view of the present flood situation in Bihar, the BJP on Tuesday suggested to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that MPs should be permitted...