Lok Sabha Question No. 140 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-19
Subject: MPLAD Funds
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, SHER SINGH GHUBAYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *140

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 19 TH   DECEMBER, 2018

## MPLAD FUNDS

*140.    DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY: SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether impediments are coming in the way of full utilization of MPLAD funds due to non-submission of utilization certificate and other reasons;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  transfer  MPLAD funds  to  the  districts  on  yearly  basis  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  some  suggestions  in this regard;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon; and
- (e) the number of districts which have been provided entire funds for five years i.e. Rs. 25 crore as on date, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI D. V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
- Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred  Question  No.  *140  for  19 th   December  2018  by  Dr. RAVINDRA  KUMAR  RAY  and  SHRI  SHER  SINGH  GHUBAYA regarding MPLAD Funds.
- (a) to (d)  Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation releases annual entitlement of Rs. 5 crore of MPLAD fund in two equal installments to the Nodal District Authority opted by Hon'ble MPs.  Utilization of released funds is to be done by respective District Authorities only on the basis of recommendations  made  by  Hon'ble  MPs.  The  utilization certificate  is  a  statement  by  the  District  Authority  that  the funds  have  been  utilized  as  per  the  scheme  guidelines  and facilitates  the  release  of  further  funds  under  the  MPLAD scheme. There have been delays in submission of utilization certificates  by  District  Authorities  on  account  of  various reasons and this has been in discussion in several meetings related  with  MPLAD  Scheme.  Accordingly  a  proposal  to release the full amount of Rs. 5.0 crore of MPLADS fund for one year in one go is under consideration in consultation with Ministry of Finance.
- (e) A statement giving the number of districts which have been provided  entire  funds  for  five  years  i.e.  Rs.  25  crore  as  on date, State-wise is at Annex.

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## Annex referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *140 for answer on 19.12.2018

## State wise details of Districts which have been provided entire funds for five years i.e. Rs. 25 crore in 16th Lok Sabha (as on 10.12.2018)

|   S.No. | State             | District        | MP Name                             | Constituency         |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Arunachal Pradesh | LOHIT           | Shri Ninong Ering                   | ARUNACHAL EAST       |
|       2 | Assam             | NALBARI         | Shri Naba Kumar Sarania             | KOKRAJHAR (ST)       |
|       3 | Assam             | BARPETA         | Shri Sirajuddin Ajmal               | BARPETA              |
|       4 | Bihar             | KAIMUR (BHABUA) | Shri Chhedi Paswan                  | SASARAM(SC)          |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      | DURG            | Shri Tamradhwaj Sahu                | DURG                 |
|       6 | Gujarat           | VALSAD          | Dr. K. C. Patel                     | VALSAD(ST)           |
|       7 | Gujarat           | SURENDRANAGAR   | Shri Devajibhai Govindbhai Fatepara | SURENDRANAGAR        |
|       8 | Haryana           | MAHENDRAGARH    | Shri Dharambir Bhaleram             | BHIWANI MAHENDRAGARH |
|       9 | Haryana           | SONEPAT         | Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik         | SONEPAT              |
|      10 | Madhya Pradesh    | INDORE          | Smt. Sumitra Mahajan (Tai)          | INDORE               |
|      11 | Madhya Pradesh    | SAGAR           | Shri Laxmi Narayan Yadav            | SAGAR                |
|      12 | Madhya Pradesh    | DEWAS           | Shri Manhor Untwal                  | DEWAS(SC)            |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh    | DAMOH           | Shri Prahlad Singh Patel            | DAMOH                |
|      14 | Manipur           | IMPHAL WEST     | Dr. Thokchom Meinya                 | INNER MANIPUR        |
|      15 | Nagaland          | DIMAPUR         | Shri Tokheho                        | NAGALAND             |
|      16 | Punjab            | PATIALA         | Dr. Dharam Vira Gandhi              | PATIALA              |
|      17 | Punjab            | AMRITSAR        | Shri Gurjeet Singh Aujla            | AMRITSAR             |
|      18 | Punjab            | FIROZEPUR       | Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya             | FIROZPUR             |
|      19 | Rajasthan         | SRIGANGANAGAR   | Shri Nihal Chand Chauhan            | GANGANAGAR(SC)       |
|      20 | Uttar Pradesh     | KANPUR NAGAR    | Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi             | KANPUR               |
|      21 | Uttar Pradesh     | RAMPUR          | Dr. Nepal Singh                     | RAMPUR               |
|      22 | Uttar Pradesh     | MUZAFFARNAGAR   | Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan            | MUZAFFARNAGAR        |
|      23 | Uttar Pradesh     | KANPUR NAGAR    | Shri Devendra (Alias) Bhole         | AKBARPUR             |
|      24 | Uttar Pradesh     | SITAPUR         | Shri Rajesh Verma                   | SITAPUR              |

|   25 | Uttar Pradesh   | MAINPURI                   | Shri Tej Pratap Singh Yadav      | MAINPURI    |
|------|-----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------|
|   26 | West Bengal     | NORTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | Dr. (Smt.) Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | BARASAT     |
|   27 | West Bengal     | HOOGHLY                    | Dr. (Smt.) Ratna De(Nag)         | HOOGHLY     |
|   28 | West Bengal     | SOUTH DINAJPUR             | Km. Arpita Ghosh                 | BALURGHAT   |
|   29 | West Bengal     | NORTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | Prof. Saugata Roy                | DUM DUM     |
|   30 | West Bengal     | NORTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | Shri Dinesh Trivedi              | BARRACKPUR  |
|   31 | West Bengal     | NORTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | Shri Idris Ali                   | BASIRHAT    |
|   32 | West Bengal     | HOOGHLY                    | Shri Kalyan Banerjee             | SREERAMPUR  |
|   33 | West Bengal     | NORTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS | Smt Mamata Thakur                | BANGAON(SC) |
|   34 | West Bengal     | HOOGHLY                    | Smt. Aparupa Poddar              | ARAMBAG(SC) |
|   35 | West Bengal     | BIRBHUM                    | Smt. Satabdi Roy (Banerjee)      | BIRBHUM     |